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Humanism is in danger of being dismissed as merely a faith in science and the practice of ethical... more Humanism is in danger of being dismissed as merely a faith in science and the practice of ethical reasoning. It needs to be much more, to be viewed as a life perspective that takes into account the richness and varieties of human experience. The naturalistic philosophical viewpoint has often set these two giant pillars, science and reason, on the front stoa by the entry to the temple of understanding and ignored the fact that the whole building would collapse if it weren't for the unrecognized support of the smaller but essential pillars, which ring the edifice. Aesthetics is one of these stanchions or it may even be the keystone to the entry arch.

Humanism is in danger of being dismissed as merely a faith in science and the practice of ethical... more Humanism is in danger of being dismissed as merely a faith in science and the practice of ethical reasoning. It needs to be much more, to be viewed as a life perspective that takes into account the richness and varieties of human experience. The naturalistic philosophical viewpoint has often set these two giant pillars, science and reason, on the front stoa by the entry to the temple of understanding and ignored the fact that the whole building would collapse if it weren't for the unrecognized support of the smaller but essential pillars, which ring the edifice. Aesthetics is one of these stanchions or it may even be the keystone to the entry arch.

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