Word: humanities
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...would like to win his place in history by working for peace. Khrushchev expressed his belief that the era of bipolar power-i.e., the U.S. and U.S.S.R.-is nearing an end, spoke of the necessity of reaching agreements with the U.S. before Red China and India, with their human millions, come into their own economically and militarily...
...argument on a statement of practical problems: the worldwide "population explosion," high incidence of abortion, Christianity's occasional tendency to escape reality by taking refuge in tradition. Says the report: "The extremely high rates of abortion in many regions, Eastern and Western, with their toll of human suffering and violation of personality, testify to a tragic determination among parents to find some means, however bad, to prevent unwanted births." The committee added: "It must be confessed that in the past Christian thought has, especially in the area of the family and its relationships, often clung to tradition without taking...
...remarks significantly: "I have never been able to feel much optimism regarding the possibilities of higher education when it is built upon warped and weak foundations.... philosophizing should focus about education as the supreme human interest...
...What does human nature need most in your estimation...
Arnold Toynbee has traced, through thirteen volumes, the rise of 26 civilizations throughout human history. Although Toynbee places 14 cultures in the first 3500 years of written history, it is somewhat distressing to note that the University is currently offering only two courses in this period. Roman history is not offered this year nor is classical Greek history. Some of the important Fertile Crescent civilizations are mentioned only briefly in Professor Frye's course on Ancient Iran and some are not mentioned...