The Humanistic Tradition Volume 2 book analysis
The Humanistic Tradition Volume 2: The Early Modern World to the Present
1. Be sure and use an outline form – an outline will help you not to exclude the Description, When, Where, Important Person, or Page in the textbook…
Now in outline form:
1. Description – A. Physical description call a painting “oil on canvas” or “acrylic” or “watercolor” a sculpture should include material like marble or terracotta clay Literary works could be collections of poetry / short stories, novels, histories, or plays, comedies, dramas, etc… you do not need the when / where / or important person in your descriptions… 🙂
2. When – be as specific as possible a month/day/year is best yet not always practical…
3. Where – should also be as specific as possible you should refer to a Spanish religious figure as such not from Europe or Southern Europe???
4. Important person – NEVER make the term and the important person the same!!! (so many students try this) the important person may well be the author or painter if the term is a work of literature or art… If the term is a person then a colleague rival sibling parent contemporary critic etc…
5. Page number – is self-evident… again just be as specific as possible…
The term ‘humanism’ is Western in origin. It denotes the tradition that places special emphasis on cultivation of letters for education. In the West, this tradition was originated with sophists and Isocrates, established by Cicero, and was developed by Renaissance humanists. East Asia, however, also has its own humanistic traditions with equal educational relevance. One of these is a Japanese version of Confucian humanism established by Ogyu Sorai (1666–1728).
This tradition is based on the interpretation of Confucius as a lover of poetry and a teacher of rites. In this article, we discuss the main features of East Asian humanism represented by Sorai and Confucius. Then, after an overview of Western humanism, we aim to elucidate both the convergence and divergence of the two traditions. The investigation will help us (hopefully) to envision humanistic education of the twenty-first century.