The dictionary definition of "humanities" is the languages and literatures of ancient Greece and Rome; the classics. A second definition I retrieved was those branches of knowledge‚ such as philosophy‚ literature‚ and art‚ that are concerned with human thought and culture; the liberal arts. So basically it’s a combination of art‚ literature and history. To me humanities are the study of culture and myths. It explains how different cultures communicated through story telling and old hymns. I believe
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The definition of humanity is not something many students spend much time thinking about. Humanity as a global society has a silent agreement on the definition‚ but it is never clearly stated‚ simply because we do not know how to say it. While the most correct definition is surely made by many facets‚ there is one aspect that‚ devoid of‚ one cannot have a human. To be human is to be able to think for oneself‚ and only to oneself. Sentience is no strange measure of one’s humanity‚ it has been used
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HUMANITIES: What is it? •The term Humanities comes from the Latin word‚ “humanitas” •It generally refers to art‚ literature‚ music‚ architecture‚ dance and the theatre—in which human subjectivity is emphasized and individual expressiveness is dramatized. HOW IMPORTANT IS HUMANITIES •The fields of knowledge and study falling under humanities are dedicated to the pursuit of discovering and understanding the nature of man. •The humanities deal with man as a being of purpose‚ of values‚ loves
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Having the nature of people‚ being a person Definition - - The expression of ourselves without using of words (painting‚ sculptures‚ dancing‚ mosaic‚ cross stitch‚ collage‚ paper and folding) The study of man’s expression feelings‚ thought‚ intuition‚ values‚ and ideas The study of man’s experience‚ goals‚ and aspirations It is used to dramatize individual expressions www.psu.ph Why do we need to study humanities? The humanities serve to provide the student with certain skills
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Humanities 1100 9/6/12 Romantic and passionate love To me Romantic and Passionate love is a huge deal that most people take for granted. People today don’t seem to put as much thought into saying “I love you” to someone as they should and don’t really have to same definition of love as some of these poets do. The poet that best represents my definition of love is Rainer Maria Rilke. Her poem simply says this “For one human being to love another is perhaps the most difficult task of all‚ the
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From my own views humanities is the study of humans from different time frames and the cultures and how it changed up until today’s time frame. The development of humanities was established from the modern times when things were done by hand for example farming‚ when you want fresh food farmers would plant the seed and attend to the farm as needed as far as today’s world artificial food is made and many of it is not health nor does it taste the same. In today’s modern world machines do all the work
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"Am I Free or Determined?" Since I learn to understand the world I always believe in two saying that‚ “everything happens for a reason’ and “never compunction the past because it made you who you are today”. I have felt that these statements have always been supportive and positive in my life. After studying determinism‚ these statements seem to epitomize the theory of cause and effects. Determinism is the doctrine that all events‚ including human choice and decisions‚ are necessarily determined
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Humanities The humanities are academic disciplines which study the human condition‚ using methods that are largely analytic‚ critical‚ or speculative‚ as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural and social sciences. The humanities‚ such as classical and modern languages‚ literature‚ history‚ and philosophy‚ have the overall goal of the exploration and explanation of human experience. Some would include the fine arts (music‚ art‚ dance‚ and drama) in the humanities‚ but
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New Era University College of Art and Science SYLLABUS in HUMANITIES 1 (Adapted) Syllabus/Course OUTLINE Credits: 3 units Description The Course introduces the creative expressions in their various forms and functions. The categories of these artistic expressions are analysed. Whether these be in fine and the folk arts‚ or a space‚ temporal‚ and combined arts‚ or as specialist and communal art‚ these creations and their process‚ appreciation‚ and function foster a deeper understanding
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Maryann Rayyan April 1‚ 2013 Prof. Stanislaw Humanities 121 What caused the collapse of the Maya Civilization? While reading Three articles concerning the collapse of the maya civilization‚ I read about debates why the civilization fell apart. Ancient Mayan empire was approximately A.D 250 to A.D 900. The mayan Civilization once extended through out the area of Texas‚ southern Mexico‚ and Northern Central America‚ This includes the countries of Guatemala‚ Belize‚ El Salvador‚ and Honduras
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