Humanism

Humanism or Renaissance humanism is the cultural movement in Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, that revived the language (in particular the Greek language), science, and poetry of classical antiquity (mainly Ancient Greece). The term refers to several other belief systems and worldviews, including\nSecular humanism, Religious humanism, and Christian humanism. Because the writings of Pre-Socratic philosophers were translated by Renaissance scholars, they and those who agree with them are sometimes called humanists. Finally, the word is sometimes, but probably incorrectly, used either to describe humanities scholars (particularly classicists) or as a synonym for "humanitarianism". \nIt was charactized by an attitude and way of life centered on human\ninterests or values, stressing an individual's dignity and worth and capacity\nfor self-realization through reason and other human skills. Modern humanism tends to reject supernaturalism, but some religious people consider\nthemselves humanists. See also: rationalism, secular humanism, religious (spiritual) humanism, New Humanism, humanistic psychology, social psychology

List of humanists

\n* Bertrand Russell\n* Erasmus\n* Rabelais\n* Erich Fromm\n* Albert Einstein\n* Hans-Georg Gadamer\n* Dr. Henry Morgentaler\n* Isaac Asimov\n* Jean-Paul Sartre (nb. this is heavily disputed by his critics!)\n* Julius Caesar Scaliger\n* Kurt Vonnegut\n* Michel de Montaigne\n* Philipp Melanchthon\n* Richard Dawkins\n* Werner Jaeger\n* Johann Reuchlin

External links

\n* http://www.jcn.com/humanism.html\n* International Humanist and Ethical Union\n* Chicago humanist wiki pages\n* Site of the Humanist Movement - German\n* Site of the Humanist n.e.t. - German/ English\n* Site of the Romanian association Solidarity for Freedom of Conscience - Romanian/ English\ncategory:epistemology \n\n\n\n