Humanists, Where Are You?

[Gods_Mercenary]

Athena, your definition is that of Renaissance humanism

[Athena]

Quote by: Isherwood It can but it doesn't have to. That would be in accordance with definition #1. Definitions 2-4 rely more on a human-centric world view. That could come from any inspiration.

Balderdash, that is like saying anyone can be a brain surgeon, with or without education. A person is nothing but an opinionated fool without education. The forefathers of the US had a classical education, and that means they were literate in Greek and Roman classics. This education is essential to democracy, and it sure is essential to being a Humanist. The stupid religious debates, and willingness to follow leaders like Bush into wars, is the result of the lack of education in the Humanities.

[Gods_Mercenary]

Why does reading greek and roman classics, both of whom had democratic systems very different then ours, help us with democracy? I'm sure that some of those in the Bush administration are relatively well educated in the classics, considereing the universities they went to, but they led us into war anyway. Not to mention both civilisations had a very different view of humanity than you do.