What Humanism Means Today
In researching what exactly Humanism is, I came across many philosophies about it. Renaissance humanism existed between faith and reason. There wasn’t a system of scientific principles at the time to believe in so a feeling of security in ones’ life still remained with the belief that God created the universe and designed everything and Man was a part of that design. The beauty seen in the paintings of Raphael and others represented inner virtue and were a path towards God.
Today, humanism is about civil rights, and the power of humanity. Current humanism outlines philosophies that are not religious. Like the humanism of Florence and the classical world, questioning plays a big role. Humanism is still all about human reason, ethics, logic, observation, and thought. Modern humanism supports scientific methods and believes faith as an unacceptable approach.
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