“To define twentieth-century humanism briefly, I would say that it is a philosophy of joyous service for the greater good of all humanity in this natural world and advocating the methods of reason, science, and democracy.” WorldReasonPhilosophyHumanityNaturalDemocracyGreaterAtheismCenturyMethodHumanismHumanistTwentieth CenturyNatural WorldJoyousAdvocatingGreater Good Author:Corliss Lamont
“Since Humanism as a functioning credo is so closely bound up with the methods of reason and science, plainly free speech and democracy are its very lifeblood. For reason and scientific method can flourish only in an atmosphere of civil liberties.” ReasonLibertyDemocracySpeechMethodBoundsHumanismAtmosphereHumanistFree SpeechCivil LibertiesScientific MethodCredo Author:Corliss Lamont
“By these pleasures it is permitted to relax the mind with play, in turmoils of the mind, or when our labors are light, or in great tension, or as a method of passing the time. A reliable witness is Cicero, when he says (De Oratore, 2): 'men who are accustomed to hard daily toil, when by reason of the weather they are kept from their work, betake themselves to playing with a ball, or with knucklebones or with dice, or they may also contrive for themselves some new game at their leisure.'” MenMindMayHardReasonPlayLightGamesChancePleasureLaborBallsMethodPassingPassingsWeatherWitnessTensionRelaxLeisureToilAccustomedTurmoilDice Book:The Book on Games of Chance: The 16th-Century Treatise on Probability Source: The Book on Games of Chance: The 16th-Century Treatise on Probability
“Stain not the glory of your worthy ancestors, but like them resolve never to part with your birthright; be wise in your deliberations, and determined in your exertions for the preservation of your liberties. Fllow not the dictates of passion, but enlist yourselves under the sacred banner of reason; use every method in your power to secure your rights.” ReasonUsePassionLibertyWiseRightsGloryMethodSacredWorthyDeterminedSecureResolvePatrioticAncestorPreservationBeing WiseStainsBannerBirthrightExertionDeliberation Author:Joseph Warren
“Conservatism is constitutionally opposed to public reason, and this explains the abandon with which so many conservative pundits embrace flagrant simulations of reason, constructed through the methods of public relations, and exhibit so little regard for the real thing.” LittlesRealReasonRelationRegardMethodEmbraceConservativeLibertarianAbandonConservatismReal ThingsExhibitsPublic RelationsSimulationPundits Author:Philip E. Agre