humanistic

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The series takes an intentionally measured approach to its subjects with “a humanistic perspective,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Lincoln, to him, embodied that humanistic ideal, pledging “malice toward none” and “charity for all.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Celebrities are offered an opportunity to promote their upcoming projects in a sensationalistic yet humanistic and, oftentimes, meme-worthy manner.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2025

“Rosetta,” which former Times critic Kenneth Turan dubbed “a triumph of humanistic cinema,” premiered at the 1999 Cannes Film Fesitval and won the coveted Palme d’Or, and Dequenne won the actress award.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2025

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