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- noun Plural form of
humanity . - noun the
branch oflearning that includes thearts ,classics ,philosophy andhistory etc., but not thesciences
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
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Examples
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No! banish the humanities and throw everybody into practical science: not into that study of natural science, which can never conflict with the humanities since it seeks discovery for the pure sake of truth, or charitably to alleviate mans lotSweetly, rather, to ease, loose and bind
I. Introductory 1920
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Every last crumb of direct support is being removed from the teaching of arts and social sciences, on the strength of the Browne report, a technocratic document which did not contain the word "humanities".
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Graduate education in the humanities is an excellent preparation for many, many careers.
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But I should hasten to add that I have also seen what we call the humanities so taught that the pupil has emerged from them with
Craftsmanship in Teaching William Chandler Bagley 1910
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As a matter of fact, there was much more of abiding profound interest in real civilization in many a medieval city, much more general appreciation of art, much more breadth of intelligence and sympathy with what we call the humanities, than in most of our large cities.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages James Joseph Walsh 1903
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She received a bachelor's degree in the humanities from the University of Ottawa in 1962 and another bachelor's degree, in education, from the University of Montreal in 1967.
Florence T. Seguin Post 2010
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This devaluation of the value of the arts and humanities is understandable only in a short-sighted economic worldview.
Iris Erlingsdottir: Axing Art$ And Humanitie$ Iris Erlingsdottir 2010
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This devaluation of the value of the arts and humanities is understandable only in a short-sighted economic worldview.
Iris Erlingsdottir: Axing Art$ And Humanitie$ Iris Erlingsdottir 2010
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I was not aware they were all in humanities disciplines.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The William F. Buckley Clause of the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 2010
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I was not aware they were all in humanities disciplines.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The William F. Buckley Clause of the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 2010
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