~ HUMAN     id+ | KING OF BEASTS
                  with emphasis on BEAST |
^u          sc> THE ANIMAL THAT HAS ACHIEVED SPEECH plus
                GRAMMAR and SOME MODEST DEGREES OF LOGIC
     med> BEING RATIONAL   HUMANS DO ACCEPT
          THE IRRATIONAL as found in
     UNREASONABLE CONSCIOUS BIAS or LOVE
     ACCEPT UNREASONABLE FAVORITISM TOWARD
     NATION  NOTIONS  CHILDREN  FAMILY  FRIENDS
     lat HOMO
         HUMUS = SOIL  in eng " DIRT "
     sp  LODO    MUD
     ukr LUDI    or LUDY for PEOPLE
     sp  LUTO    GRIEVING A DEATH as in MOURN  MOAN
     lat LUTON   another name for HADES and DEATH
     note HUMANS CLAIM TO BE THE SOLE MORAL ANIMAL
     perhaps facts are in reverse
     HUMANS ARE THE SOLE IMMORAL ANIMAL based on the
     CLAIM THAT ONLY HUMANS HAVE A CAPACITY TO LIVE
     UNDER A MORAL RULE BUT CAN NOT DO SO
     note HUMANS ARE GREAT INVENTORS INCLUDING OF EVIL
          eg  RAPE  WAR  HOLOCAUST  GENOCIDE  FREEDOM
     JUSTICE  RELIGION  POETRY  BEAUTY  METAPHYSICS
     POLLUTION  RACISM  EUTHANASIA
     lit+ from MARCUS AURELIUS or AURELIAN <see
          in Book III [72]
     " ... TO THE BODY BELONG SENSATIONS
       TO THE SOUL APPETITES
       TO THE INTELLIGENCE PRINCIPLES ... "
            see> HUMBLE
~ HUMANE    id+ AN IDEAL  AS HUMANS SHOULD BE
            sug> SEE QUACK for MEDICAL QUACKERY
~ HUMANISM  lat HUMANUS = HUMAN                   see> NATURE
            id+ IDEALISM BASED ON HUMAN TRAITS    see> IDEALISM
                NOT BASED ON GOD                  see> MARX
            hx> "IMPERATIVE TO OVERTHROW ALL RELATIONS IN WHICH
                 MAN IS A DEBASED  ENSLAVED  HELPLESS
            CONTEMPTIBLE CREATURE ... " from MARX in [92] pp 100
            ply> | HUMANIST RELIGION IS BASED ON MAN |
            id+ STUDY OF AND INTEREST IN IDEAS ABOUT HUMAN LIFE
                incl HISTORY  LITERATURE  PHILOSOPHY
            perhaps STUDIES OF HUMAN NATURE SHOULD INCLUDE
            MEDICINE  GENETICS  etc BUT THESE ARE NOT CONSIDERED
            TO BE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF " HUMANITIES "
            lit+ " PRISON TRANSFORMED ME
                   IT TRANSFORMED ME FROM AN
                   IDEOLOGIST INTO A HUMANIST "
                   attr to M DJILAS [#]  <see> COMMUNIST
            lit+ D EHRENFELD [#] wrote  "The Arrogance of Humanism"
            lit+ ABOUT THE HUMAN IDEA HESIOD [#] SAID
                 " FISHES AND BEASTS AND FOWLS OF THE AIR
            DEVOUR ONE ANOTHER ... BUT NOT MAN
            ZEUS ... HAS GIVEN US THE DREAM ABOUT ... JUSTICE "
            perhaps IDEAS AND IDEALS ARE
                    AMONG THE MEASURES OF
            REALITY AND AS SUCH CONCERN SCIENCE
            WHILE MEASURES OF HUMANITY
            ARE THE SUBJECT OF HUMANISM
            SCIENCE IS AN IDEA REALIZED
            OFTEN A MYTH MADE VISIBLE
            AND COMPREHENSIBLE
            EXPERIMENTS GIVE BIRTH TO
            FACTS NEEDED TO FULFILL THEORIES
            THE FORMER IS TECHNOLOGY AND
            THE LATER IS CULTURE
            A DISPROPORTION IN EITHER IS
            THE STUFF OF RELIGION AND POLITICS
            AN EXCESS OF EITHER IS AN OMEN OF DECAY
            sc> see> HUMANISM IS
                A HOMOCENTRIC PHILOSPHY
            IT REPLACED A THEOCENTRIC POSTURE     see> RELIGION
            AND IS BEING REPLACED BY
            AN ECOCENTRIC VIEW                    see> ECOLOGY
            HUMANISM SEEKS IDEAS AND IDEALS
            AS MEASURES OF HUMANITY
            THE CORE IDEAS ARE CONCERNED WITH
            FREEDOM  DIGNITY  and
            PERSONAL DESTINY      sug> EXISTENTIALISM
            see> IDEA  IDEALISM
            sug> RELIGION  see> SCIENCE    sug> MYTHOLOGY
            sug> BEAUTY    sug> HARMONY    sug> POETRY
            sug> IDEA      sug> TRUTH      sug> LAW
            sug> JUSTICE   sug> DEMOCRACY  sug> TRUTH
            sug> DIGNITY   sug> SLAVERY
~ HUMANE    id+ | CRUELTY
                  TEMPER
                  SOFTEN
                  MERCY |
~ HUMANIZE  id+ | CIVILIZE |
            id+ | HUMANIZE HUMANS |
            ply> | UNCIVILIZED BEHAVIOR IS
                   INHUMANE but it is HUMAN |
~ HUMBLE    MODEST from MEASURED  NOT PROUD
            lat HUMILIS HUMUS = LOW from SOIL
  in sp HUMILDE = HUMBLE                    sug> HUMILITY
  id+ RELIGIONS SEEK THE ALMIGHTY TO HUMBLE US
      ARTISTS ARE HUMBLED BY BEAUTY
  WISE MEN ARE HUMBLE BEFORE NATURE
  TO HUMBLE PEOPLE BY PEOPLE IS AN ACCOUTERMENT OF TYRANNY
  lit+ " ... YOU RECOGNIZE YOUR INSIGNIFICANCE ? ...
         RECOGNIZE IT BEFORE GOD
  PERHAPS TOO  IN THE PRESENCE OF BEAUTY
  INTELLIGENCE  NATURE
  BUT NOT BEFORE MEN ... " letter by CHEKHOV to his brother [68]
  ply> | WITH HUMANISM THE HUMANE HUMANIZE HUMBLE HUMANS |

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