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In Reply to: Re: Renaissance Humanism and Manifest Destiny? posted by Chris Flint on February 11, 1999 at 13:35:00:

: Are we really looking at what the europeans did at this time through objective eyes? I don't find it too hard to see how these european travelers could do the things they did.

This response was really thought-provoking. I guess I can't help but be biased in my opinion of history. If I had been a colonist, I'm sure that I would've done exactly the same thing that they did because my culture would dictate that it was acceptable. The point that I think I wanted to make was about humanism. I generally have thought of humanism as a good thing. It made people confident in humanity, curious, etc. I think humanism was good in that it made people confident in possiblities and the abilities of human kind. Does the overall good of humanism outweigh the bad things that happned as a result of humanism? Is humanism a good thing or does it promote selfishness, greed and egotism? That's the question that I am posing to you and the rest of the class...

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: : Are we really looking at what the europeans did at this time through objective eyes? I don't find it too hard to see how these european travelers could do the things they did. : This response was really thought-provoking. I guess I can't help but be biased in my opinion of history. If I had been a colonist, I'm sure that I would've done exactly the same thing that they did because my culture would dictate that it was acceptable. The point that I think I wanted to make was about humanism. I generally have thought of humanism as a good thing. It made people confident in humanity, curious, etc. I think humanism was good in that it made people confident in possiblities and the abilities of human kind. Does the overall good of humanism outweigh the bad things that happned as a result of humanism? Is humanism a good thing or does it promote selfishness, greed and egotism? That's the question that I am posing to you and the rest of the class...

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