8 sentences with 'humanity'
Example sentences and phrases with the word humanity and other words derived from it.
• « Celebrating the inherent goodness and potentialities of humanity, humanist education saw in the study of classical literature a source of inspiration not only for knowledge, but also for morality and virtue. »
• « The entire history of most of humanity was not only irrelevant to the narrative of European or American history, it was irrelevant to the history of the modern world for everyone. »
• « Homo sapiens emerged in a form biologically identical to today's humanity around 300,000 years ago (fossil evidence frequently revises that number - the oldest known specimen was discovered in Morocco in 2017). »
• « Humanism is the idea that, first and foremost, humanity is inherently beautiful, capable and creative. »
• « Among the most powerful were the tragedies: stories in which the frailty of humanity, especially the problem of pride, served to undermine the happiness of otherwise powerful individuals. »
• « Humanists argued that humanity was intrinsically rational, beautiful and noble, rather than degraded, evil or weak. »
• « The Pope recognised the humanity of Native Americans in 1537, but the Church continued to support forced conversion. »
• « Luther felt that the very idea of good works was ambiguous, especially because works seemed so inadequate when compared to the wretched spiritual state of humanity. »