Definition of Humanist

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Humanist

One of the scholars who in the field of literature proper represented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in the 16th century adopted the name Humanist as their distinctive title.

One who purposes the study of the humanities, or polite literature.

One versed in knowledge of human nature.

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Humanist Quotations

A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism.
Irving Babbitt

The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.
Irving Babbitt

Confucius was a humanist and an agnostic.
Hu Shih

To me, a feminist belongs in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently.
Suzanne Vega

Yet humanitarianism is not a purely Christian movement any more than it is a purely humanist one.
Christopher Dawson

I'm very much a humanist. I'm very much pro-choice. I'm very much politically correct.
Sandra Bernhard

The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values.
Christopher Dawson

Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance. The key to its secret is the involvement of the citizen.
John Ralston Saul

I had grown up in a humanist atmosphere, and war to me was never anything but horror, mutilation and senseless destruction, and I knew that many great and wise people felt the same way about it.
George Grosz

I remain a humanist. We are a very curious race.
Michael Tippett

Humanist Translations

humanist in Dutch is humanist
humanist in German is Humanist
humanist in Portuguese is humanista
humanist in Spanish is humanista

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