Explain briefly the term ‘Humanism’.

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Humanism is derived from the Latin words ‘Studia humanitatis’, or ‘the studies of mankind’. It meant a decisive shift in concern for human as distinct from divine matters. Humanism extolled man and stressed his essential dignity. It opposed religious asceticism. It defended his right to pleasure and satisfaction of earthly desires and requirements.

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