Amerikali edebi elestirmeni, kisa oyku yazari, deneme yazari ve ogretmen Lionel (Mordecai) Trilling'in olum yildonumu (5 Kasim 1975)
"Humanizmin pek cok tanimlanma bicimi var ancak birakin biz burada onu insanin bu toplumsal yasamda ve bu karmasik ve son derece gelismis toplum icinde avantajli ve insanin kendi dogasindakini basarabilecegine inanan ve dogru kisiligine ulasan tutumu olarak dusunelim. Humanizmi yasatan unsurlar; kisisel erdemleri kavrama, hos tavir icinde olma ve hosgoru -ozellikle de cesaret- bu erdemlerin uygulanisini destekleyicidir. Kavrayis kalitesi ise temelinde tutumunu degistirebilir olmayi ve esnekligi gerektirir."
"The definitions of humanism are many, but let us here take it to be the attitude of those men who think it an advantage to live in society, and, at that, in a complex and highly developed society, and who believe that man fulfills his nature and reaches his proper stature in this circumstance. The personal virtues which humanism cherishes are intelligence, amenity, and tolerance; the particular courage it asks for is that which is exercised in the support of these virtues. The qualities of intelligence which it chiefly prizes are modulation and flexibility."


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