Humanism gained ground in the Renaissance in part as a revival of classical learning, and such a revival included new study of classical humanism from the Greek and Roman world. Classical humanism placed an emphasis on philosophy and codes of ethics, notably embodied in the writings of Plato and A...

Discovering Fire “After man has mastered the winds the waves and the tides, some day he will harness for God the energies of love, and then for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire” (Teilhard de Jardin) This...

HEMINGWAY’S FAREWELL TO ARMS: A GOOD NOVEL, A POPULAR NOVEL Hemingway’s novel A Farewell to Arms (1929) is basically structured around natural symbols that replace emotions and feelings. Characters endure the coldness and cruelty of the war but there is mention neither of pain nor of mou...