This essay and a subsequent one will attempt to demonstrate the inadequacy of the definition of Renaissance humanism as a movement which sought primarily secular "wisdom" by the exercise of man's wholly autonomous intellect and will. Such a definition implies that humanist thought involved a radical separation of the realm of faith-grace from the realm of intellectwill. It would exclude certain...

Renaissance Art and Architecture, painting, sculpture, architecture, and allied arts produced in Europe in the historical period called the Renaissance. Broadly considered, the period covers the 200 years between 1400 and 1600, although specialists disagree on exact dates. The word renaissance literally means "rebirth" and is the French translation of the Italian rinascita. The two principal co...

AbstrakPenerbitan secara bebas kartun Nabi Muhammad oleh majalah satir Prancis, Charlie Hebdo, telah mengundang beberapa aksi penyerangan dan teror. Kebebasan berekspresi berpendapat menjadi alasan Hebdo berulang menerbitkan yang interpretatif dianggap menghina menodai agama Islam. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengkritisi kebebasan ekspresi Prancis terkait penggambaran aksiologis.Penelitian bersifa...

This paper explores the liturgical use of the organ in the sixteenth century according to the judgments of Tommaso de Vio, Cajetan (1469–1534) and the Dominicans. In particular, it asks the question: In worship, is solo organ music capable of conveying a specific meaning or a particular text (as seemed to be expected in alternatim practice)? The Dominican sources show an increasingly skeptical ...

In discussing bioethics and the formulation of neuroethics, the question has arisen as to whether secular humanism should be the sole philosophical guiding light, to the exclusion of any discussion (or even mention) of religious morality, in professional medical ethics. In addition, the question has arisen as to whether freedom or censorship should be part of medical (and neuroscience) journali...

Humanism in modern western civilization is a fundamental idea. Underlying root, perhaps, in contradiction of the contemporary West with the Iran Islamic Revolution hidden in the humanistic nature of modernity, since the modern west pivotal view in all dimensions of life is humanistic, and human-like rather than God-oriented one. To this aim, a critical method used. Humanism has two meanings: fi...

Notwithstanding the interest and importance of Szasz's position, it neglects the phenomena, the real problems which take people to the clinic seeking treatment, and the conditionality of the notion of individual responsibility.

1 Thus the American Humanist Association defines humanism as ‘a progressive philosophy of life that, without theism and other supernatural beliefs, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfilment that aspire to the greater good of humanity.’ (http://www.americanhumanist.org/humanism/). Its British counterpart states that ‘the Humanist view of life is progress...

Abstract This article introduces the controversy over naming of COVID-19 as “Chinese Virus” and related hate crimes in US. It focuses on a group Chinese Christians North America who devote themselves to defending legitimising concept within various social media. research analyses content texts videos defines Christian far-right narrative reviews relationship between narrative, fundamentalism, n...