Why did humanism start? What did Baruch Spinoza contribute to society? Why is Descartes considered the founder of modern rationalism? Why did Diogenes not like Pythagoras? How did Parmenides influence Aristotle?
A simple, practical explanation to the question, “Why did the Renaissance start in Italy?” is money. Independent city states such as Florence, Venice, and Rome grew wealthy through trade and banking creating a class of affluent businessmen. These men became patrons to individual artists providin...
Do we indeed need more humanism and integrity as fundamental building blocks in our business world? We can address this question from two sides: either from a practical view or from a more theoretical and conceptual one. We decided in favor of commencing with a practical reality check. Having...
Humanism is not only a literary movement, but also a social and philosophical theory. It first became popular during the Rennaissance, when arts and culture were focussed on the improvement of society through the nourishment of all man's best qualities. This lead to the reform of education, re...
Theology and philosophy found each other in focusing on general knowledge during medieval times. This changed radically in the Renaissance. There were, however, two different and apparently contradictory movements that took place. One was the movement of humanism, which was sceptical toward the institu...
This introductory chapter paves the way for a reconciliation of Utopian Studies, philosophy of technology and political philosophy. It introduces the general idea of vindicating technological utopias and engagement with them. The value question is being
The humanism was gradually superseding the middle ages values. The play clearly reflects the transitory phase of conflict of ideas at various levels. The God-fearing values were constantly challenged by logic and rationality. The play has a very common plot of kings, queens, and kingdoms. The...
While socialism might not have looked as good in 1973 as in 1933, theManifestostill stipulated that economies existed to serve the needs of all their members and that humanists had a responsibility to make sure that they did. This was a more cautious humanism, but no less resolute or convin...
“When did you start feeling that way?” “The day that Obama put the rainbow colors in the White House was a sad day for America,” my aunt replies. “That was a slap in God’s face. Abortion was a slap in his face, and here we’ve killed 60 million babies since 1973. I beli...
It also presents a very interesting contrast to Horus Manbuilt, which seeing that Metropol contained the last remaining humans on Earth decided to self-destruct rather than to destroy his builders (one of the possible origins of Humanism perhaps?). ...