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Question
Explain briefly the term 'Humanism'.
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Solution
- Humanism is derived from the Latin 'Studia humanitatis', which means 'the studies of mankind'.
- It represented a significant shift in concern for human affairs as opposed to spiritual things.
- Humanism celebrated man and stressed his basic worth.
- It opposed religious asceticism.
- It protected his right to pleasure and satisfaction of his pleasures and needs.
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