humanist
人道主义者,人文主义者,人文主义者,人文主义
Definitions
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- : a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- : a person devoted to or versed in the humanities.
- : a student of human nature or affairs.
- : a classical scholar.
- : any one of the scholars of the Renaissance who pursued and disseminated the study and understanding of the cultures of ancient Rome and Greece, and emphasized secular, individualistic, and critical thought.
- : a person who follows a form of philosophical or scientific humanism.
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Also hu·man·is·tic [hyoo-muh-nis-tik, or, often, yoo‐] /ˌhyu məˈnɪs tɪk, or, often, ˌyu‐/
- : of or relating to human affairs, nature, welfare, or values: our humanist principles; a humanist approach to social reform.
- : of or relating to the humanities or classical scholarship, especially that of the Renaissance humanists: humanist studies; the Humanist ideology of Petrarch.
- : of or relating to philosophical or scientific humanism: a humanist philosophy that clashed with his parents’ religious beliefs.
Examples
I used dépaysement when, as a humanist in a land of engineers, I asked unpopular questions about the emotional effects of digital technology.
Kato Mukasa, a lawyer who leads the AHCN and is the UHASSO chair, says a survey conducted between February 2018 and February 2020 shows the country has more than 3,000 humanists.
Scotland, for example, had more humanist weddings than Christian ones in 2019.
Giovanni Gaetani, membership engagement manager at the London-based Humanists International, which is funding projects to encourage humanist weddings and funerals in Uganda and Lithuania, says the popularity of such ceremonies is growing globally.
You have a bunch of humanists sort of generating hypotheses, but they don’t know exactly what’s possible.
“You almost saw a humanist as well as an absolute demonic side,” she says now.
“There should be humanist alternatives to church in basic training,” he said.
Once, the humanist idea used to animate the very core of the university.
Instead, liberals were attacked for their “secular humanist” ideology as opposed to their philosophy of governing.
But if the religious Zionist youth movements are any indication, those values will be anything but universal or humanist.
But if I were asked to describe myself in a single word, I should call myself a Humanist.
The Humanist remedy is to remove the causes which lead or drive men into crime, and so to prevent the manufacture of "sinners."
An anthology of the literature of social protest, with an introduction by Jack London, who calls it "this humanist Holy-book."
Or, to quote the famous humanist creed of Protagoras, as Schiller is so fond of doing, "Man is the measure of all things."
The humanist method must be extended to the whole subject-matter of education, even to a revaluation of knowing itself.