Define Humanities Week 1
John Houston
HUM/100
October 6, 2014
CINDY CUNNINGHAM
Define Humanities Week 1
Humanities is such a broad topic to discuss, let alone to define. To put it in a “nutshell”, would not do it justice. Humanities includes the arts. What are “the arts”? The arts include dance, which has as many styles as there are personalities of all the different people who choose to dance. The arts include painting, which has an unlimited amount of styles as well. What one person thinks is the most wonderful piece of work, another may dislike it. Another aspect of the arts is photography. Everyone who enjoys taking stills of life around them, gives you a glimpse of how they see the world around them. The arts also include music. The only limit to the styles of music, is as far as your imagination can take you.
Humanities also includes literature. There are probably as many styles within each genre of writing, as there are grains of sand on all the beaches around the world. The books we read, or have the ability to read, bring us information, or can take us to a different reality, if only for a short while.
Humanities includes philosophy. Each person has their own philosophy of life and the purpose thereof. Humanities also include history, and within our history, the beginnings of technology and scientific thought. Much of the early technology is still in use today, as well as the scientific thought process. Without this “forward thinking” has brought us the written language, early flight, which inevitably led to space travel, telegraph machines using Morris code, which eventually led to telephones.
The cultural event I wish to elaborate upon took place about 9 or 10 years ago, but the memory of it is still very much alive in my mind. I took my wife to go see Yanni in concert. She always would rave about how wonderful his music was.
religion, because of humanities’ innate knowledge of right and wrong, but it rarely survives outside of religion. Humans, for the most part, choose how they act towards each other based on some idea. These ideas may be contained within the confines of a religion, but necessarily so. All people share the similarity of being human. Feeling the same emotions, understanding pain as well as pleasure can define how a human treats a fellow human. All humans have a “natural law” that defines their morals. This…
Faith in Humanity Gandhi said it best in his quote, “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” This is one of my favorite quotes; to me it means that no matter what bad things come into this world it does not make this world an awful place. It reminds me to stay focused on the good of humanity, as it outweighs all the awful, terrible and disturbing things humans have or can do. I think this quote compares the…
experiments and examining what people have written and created Why are the social sciences important? * For improving quality of life and making informed decisions about social justice issues Define Culture * The abilities, ideas and behaviour people have acquired to become members of society Define Anthropology. * The study of the lives and cultures of human beings, alive or dead What do anthropologists study? * Physical Anthropology: Study of human evolution, human biology and…
Moreno H English 10, 2nd period Red 7 September 2012 Loss of Humanity What separates humans from other species? Humanity has many traits that define who we are. We have families and love them, we value education as a necessity for everyone, and we care about the safety of others. For example, we have laws that regulate the speed at which we drive to increase safety on the road. This is an example of our care for others. If we lost these values our society would lose what makes us human. Fahrenheit…
of humanity has been exposed since the first murder of Abel thousands of years ago, but it has not become an ideal until more recent times when governments have controlled their societies based on more cynical motives. This motif runs fluidly in George Orwell’s book, 1984. In his book, Orwell establishes the understanding that the loss of humanity in oneself comes through the darker side of human morality by the influencing of the mind, heart, and body. This is because replacement of humanity will…
asked to define the humanities, I turned to the Stanford Humanities Center for a little help with my description. According to Stanford, the humanities are defined as “the study of how people process and document the human experience.” I believe that to be a pretty good definition of the humanities. Now, each and every one of us processes the information differently and in our own way. We all have our own style, and different ways of expressing our style and life. I think the biggest humanity that we…
values and characteristics. Their own personal essence and disposition is what determines the approach in which they will exhibit towards their enemy; this in turn, establishes distinct facets that palpably reflect the best and worst qualities within humanity. This concept is explored upon the examination of the 1985 novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card as well as the 2009 film Avatar, directed and produced by James Cameron. Within Orson Scott Card’s novel, the protagonist, Ender, reflects the best…
All of humanity enters the maze of life through birth and likewise all exit through death, seemingly a cookie cutter experience. From an objective view, humanity appears as the same species, all living and breathing and then dying, a continuous cycle of beings, simply existing. The common factor, the human condition, pulsing through humanity, guarantees the experiences of birth, mortality, emotionality, aspiration, growth, and conflict, but only superficially. Life’s maze does not ensure a cookie…
defense the Bible was divinely inspired and revealed to humanity and unique from other Ancient Near East literature. There was a time when the Bible, and the Israelite religion was different from its neighboring societies. But as times have changed, many people now lump the bible with other Ancient Near East myths. The book is broken up into two sections. The first half of the book, “The Bible and Myth,” Oswalt takes the time to define what a myth is and what…
The way I see it, religion is a faith and belief. It’s hard to define it but I believe humanity is drawn to religion for various reasons. One reason is because we’ve been educated that way. I myself was brought up as a Hindu, and practiced Hinduism. Humanity also practices religion because of curiosity. People wonder how the world came to be, why we exist and if death is the end or a new beginning. Religion is what provides perception and gives us a purpose to life. Another reason is because humans…