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Language, Truth, and Literature: A Defence of Literary Humanism
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Language, Truth, and Literature: A Defence of Literary HumanismRichard Gaskin offers an original defence of literary humanism, according to which works of imaginative literature have an objective meaning which is fixed at the time of production and not subject to individual readers' responses. He shows that the appreciation of literature is a cognitive activity fully on a par with scientific investigation.
 
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Education and Humanism - Linking Autonomy and Humanity
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Education and Humanism - Linking Autonomy and HumanityEducation and Humanism - Linking Autonomy and Humanity

Human beings have the possibility to give meaning to their lives and to create coherence in experiences. Present-day humanism strongly focuses on personal development in relation to others. It is this tension between personal development and advancement of humanization, that is creating the opportunities for the personal development of every world citizen.
 
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The Modern World, Volume 2: Civilizations of Europe
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The Modern World, Volume 2: Civilizations of EuropeThe Modern World, Volume 2: Civilizations of Europe

The culture of Europe might be described as a series of overlapping cultures. The long and diverse history of the continent has created many cultural “fault lines” across the continent—West as opposed to East, Catholicism and Protestantism as opposed to Eastern Orthodoxy, Christianity as opposed to Islam. In addition, Europe is home to a diversity of intellectual and religious movements, often at odds with each other, such as Christianity and humanism.

The roots of the concept of nationalism—loyalty and pride for one’s nation—can be traced to Europe.

 
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Laments
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LamentsLaments

Jan Kochanowski was born in 1530, the son of Piotr Kochanowski, and of Anna Bialaczowska. His father owned large tracts of land in Radom and was for some time a magistrate in the town of Sandomierz. At the age of fourteen years Jan embarked upon a life of study and travel. In 1544 he entered the University of Kraków, which had developed in accordance with the literary tastes and traditions of Renaissance Humanism. He remained in Kraków for five years and left the university without having received any formal degree. Kochanowski spent the next seven years outside of Poland.
 
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The Companion to Renaissance Humanism
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The Companion to Renaissance HumanismThe Companion to Renaissance Humanism

Beginning as a movement based on the recovery of ancient texts, and archaeological study, humanism turned into a dynamic cultural program, influencing almost every facet of the intellectual life of the Renaissance.
 
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