Word: humanisme
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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At any rate, some of these young people do have a rather special attitude about violence. There is some talk about "trashing," breaking windows or setting fires. One of them argues quite seriously: "But that isn't really violence. That's only destroying property. Violence is hurting people...
The answer is neither of these, for neither supports both Renaissance humanism and Shakespearean tragedy; and it is certainly not Antony's petulantly self-deceiving "O whither hast thou led me Egypt?" but some combination of Lepidus' pusillanimous fatalism, and Enobarbus' introspective free will.
Many continue to teach Renaissance poetry because they say that it is helping to end the war. The argument is that Western poetry inculcates a certain kind of humanism and concern with life that is necessary for a "good" revolutionary. But the peculiar kind of humanism we have inherited in...
Yet the wastrels repent, the righte ous stand firm, and all go to heaven or hell according to their merits. Singer is neither a skeptic nor a dogmatist. To those brought up on a steady diet of realism and humanism. his simple faith is refreshing. "When I'm in trouble...
THE year 1200 marks a high point in the millennium between the fall of Rome and the rise of the Renaissance. Around that time, a sweet wind of humanism swept across the dark face of Europe, bringing with it a new interest in Latin classics and Greek philosophy, a delight...