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Humanism is a doctrine, attitude, or way of life centered on human interests or values, stressing an individual's dignity and worth and capacity for self-realization through reason and other human skills. It usually rejects supernaturalism, but some religious people consider themselves humanists.

See Secular Humanism, Religious (Spiritual) Humanism, New Humanism, Transhumanism

List of Humanists

Erasmus
Julius Caesar Scaliger
Michel de Montaigne

External Sources

http://www.jcn.com/humanism

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