humanistic

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Partisanship was in many ways alien to Cowley’s probing and genially learned critical temperament, which Mr. Howard describes as “Emersonian, humanistic, exploratory.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

To what extent do you think humanistic principles should or will guide the development of advanced artificial intelligence?

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Lastly, the passing of former President Jimmy Carter is a reminder of the value of compassionate, empathic, humanistic, and service-minded leaders who provide a model for the public.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2025

True to form, the man who co-created Amy Poehler’s ever-optimistic “Parks and Recreation” hero, Leslie Knope, extends his humanistic yet funny winning streak with a newly launched Ted Danson comedy.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2024

In 1630 Thomas Hobbes, who had received a conventional humanistic and scholastic education at Oxford, came across a copy of Euclid’s Elements ‘in a gentleman’s library’ in Geneva.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton