Word: humanisme
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In the West, Joachim's influence appeared at the extremes of two seemingly opposite movements. The most radical of the English Puritans thought that they could found on earth a "communion of saints" which would take over and perfect temporal government. The vigor of Renaissance humanism created in some...
The current retreat from Christianity, as Anglican Casserley sees it, is not solely a modern phenomenon; other times have had their lapses too. What distinguishes the retreat now is its confusion, and one of the two "avenues" it takes. The first, the retreat into the "vacuum" of irreligion, has always...
What keeps The Revenge for Love from sharing the same shelf as Darkness at Noon is not lack of skill. It is the moral lint from Lewis' erstwhile infatuation with Hitler. References to Australian aborigines as "Blackboys," Hindus as "Baboos," and the Jews martyred by Nazi Germany as "offending...
Henry D. Aiken associate professor of Philosophy, said that "For anyone who, like myself, professes to be a liberal, Santayana must inevitably be an ambiguous figure. I honor his naturalism, his devotion to the life of reason, his imaginative humanism. As a literary psychologist, he is exciting and profound. As...
Anarchic Humanism. Bernard Sands, it turns out, is a homosexual and almost proud of it. Though his deviation has come as a late discovery, it suits his Gide-like view of himself as an "anarchic humanist." Living by the code that "happiness should be respected in any guise," he has...