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What exactly is humanism? It gets mentioned on this board quite a bit so I thought I'd ask.
Outside of /lit/ I've mostly seen it brought up by atheists as a basis for a morality without religion or some-such. In reality it seems like it's just a way for 400lbers to meme that we're all space brothers working towards a techno-enlightenment without the need for borders or god.
oh and they always point to the founding fathers as some sort of primitive example of themselves.
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any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate.
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presuming here but we all live in humanist societies today, but once upon a time theological, or divine, issues were prioritised over human concerns. humanism is a rejection of that thinking. or im wrong idk, im not a 1600s scotsman
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>>9560153
It's a bunch of different things that correlate to this >>9560155
It differs quite a bit, maybe read the Wikipedia article on it, it's pretty short and straight-forward. It describes the Philosophical systems and modes of thought and their origins, basically.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanism
"humanism" in of itself can just refer to an action benefiting humanity too, not necessarily any philosophical connotations. You might be humanist simply by being concerned for humanity's welfare, future and views.
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>>9560153
but anon, we are all space brothers who ought to work towards techno enlightenment
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>>9560184
Also this: https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/p/pico_della_mirandola/giovanni/dignity/
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>>9560172
That explains why modern society is so shitty. After all, all politics is predicated on theology,
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>>9560377
Agreed on this
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>>9560153
An excuse to be a pussy
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>>9560153
It is the dialectical confluence of pagan and Christian morality.
Christianity could not handle the increasing technicity of industrial production, and neither could it handle the scientific method.
But the scientific method could not destroy the values of Jesus Christ, hence there was a call to incorporate its values with a new pagan morality which exalted the individual and his accomplishments.
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Nihilism
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>>9560411
that is not a full thought
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>>9560452
The principle of 2+2=4 is tyranny and I refuse it.
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