humanitas

The word humanitas appeared in the Roman Republic.

MRZine.org 2009

That is why the force which oppresses while protecting is [1] I mean here by équité what the Latins called humanitas, -- that is, the kind of sociability which is peculiar to man.

What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government. 1890

We can trace the degradation of this principle through these various expressions: the first signifies duty; the second only sympathy; the third, affection, a matter of choice, not an obligation; the fourth, caprice.] [Footnote 23: I mean here by equite what the Latins called humanitas, -- that is, the kind of sociability which is peculiar to man.

What is Property? 1837

Flora is anthropos, she is humanitas, she is all that is beautiful about flesh-and-blood mankind.

The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

And indeed it was only the doctrine of substantial forms, and the confidence of mistaken pretenders to a knowledge that they had not, which first coined and then introduced animalitas and humanitas, and the like; which yet went very little further than their own Schools, and could never get to be current amongst understanding men.

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding 2007

For though the Schools have introduced animalitas, humanitas, corporietas, and some others; yet they hold no proportion with that infinite number of names of substances, to which they never were ridiculous enough to attempt the coining of abstract ones: and those few that the schools forged, and put into the mouths of their scholars, could never yet get admittance into common use, or obtain the license of public approbation.

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding 2007

For instance, human nature intensionally considered is humanity (humanitas); extensionally it is man

Paul of Venice Conti, Alessandro 2005

From this vast correspondence, it is apparent that Lipsius was a central figure in the Republic of Letters of his day, renowned for his philological skills, his historical knowledge and his search for a new type of humanitas (civilized and humane conduct) suited to the troubled times in which he lived.

Justus Lipsius Papy, Jan 2004

However inelegant some of Lipsius's “adaptations” might seem, they belonged to the carefully considered program of a humanist who, by promoting free will, virtue and social commitment, based on a synthesis of Christian and Stoic ethics, wanted to achieve an acceptable, unifying and practicable Christian humanitas.

Justus Lipsius Papy, Jan 2004

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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003