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The Federal Bureau of Prisons will recognize humanism as a religion, after reaching a settlement in a lawsuit filed by an inmate.
Looking ahead These are just eight examples of a vast array of work underway to support humanism in healthcare, undertaken by the Gold Corporate Council members.
The film "Recognition of Man" explores the Renaissance era, highlighting the revival of classical ideals and the emergence of humanism in a medieval context. It emphasizes the transformation of ...
During the Renaissance, one of the humanistic virtues was sprezzatura, a studied nonchalance. It’s a characteristic that Bakewell possesses in abundance. Her writing goes down easy.
During the Italian Renaissance, on the other hand, the humanistic disciplines were prestige subjects of study expressly because they enjoyed a relationship to the political and social order -- because ...
Sarah Bakewell’s sweeping new survey of the philosophical tradition, “Humanly Possible,” says that putting your faith in human behavior means confronting complacency and nihilism — but it ...
A conversation with violinist and concert curator, David Douglass.
It’s regrettable that Renaissance humanism derives its moral inspiration exclusively from rationalism – the utilitarian maxima, for example: the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers.