The Human and the Humane: Humanity as Argument from Cicero to ErasmusIn times of conflicts and crises, an argument insisting on the humane is commonly heard. In wars, voices demanding a humane treatment of prisoners – as decreed by the Geneva Convention – will be raised. Opposition to social injustice may be framed in a collected call for a humane society. Even educational systems may insist on having a humane perspective among its leading causes. Words referring to man – humane, but also humanistic, humanitarian, even humanity – thus take on status of ideals for mankind. Man, in common and legal speech, thus becomes the conceptual marker of his own perfection. The subject of this book is the early history of this linguistic feature and in particular its argumentative use, from its starting point till early modern times. |
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Contents
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The Humanitas of Cicero | 41 |
Implementing Humanitas | 69 |
Christianizing Humanitas | 85 |
Humanitas as Argument Against War | 99 |
Ancient Humanitas after Erasmus | 115 |
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Abbreviations of ancient GreekRoman sources | 125 |
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| Title | The Human and the Humane: Humanity as Argument from Cicero to Erasmus Reflections on (In)Humanity |
| Author | Christian Høgel |
| Publisher | Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015 |
| ISBN | 3847004417, 9783847004417 |
| Length | 130 pages |
| Subjects | › Science / Reference |
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