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Humanistic   /hjˌumənˈɪstɪk/   Listen
adjective
Humanistic  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to humanity; as, humanistic devotion.
2.
Pertaining to polite literature.
3.
Of, related to, or adhering to, humanism (4); humanitarian (2).





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"Humanistic" Quotes from Famous Books



... all of us who believe in the spirit must hold high the torch of humanistic culture. Education is for life and not merely for efficiency. Of what worth is life, if one is only a cog-wheel in the economic machine? It is to save the spiritual heritage of humanity that we are fighting, and it is ...
— The Soul of Democracy - The Philosophy Of The World War In Relation To Human Liberty • Edward Howard Griggs
... decisive for Italian architecture, that it may be permitted me to describe the vicissitudes through which the structure passed before reaching completion. Nicholas V., founder of the secular papacy and chief patron of the humanistic movement in Rome, had approved a scheme for thoroughly rebuilding and refortifying the pontifical city.[46] Part of this plan involved the reconstruction of S. Peter's. The old basilica was to be removed, and on its site was to rise a mighty church, ...
— Renaissance in Italy Vol. 3 - The Fine Arts • John Addington Symonds


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