Feb 12, 2015 12:01
9 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
humanistas
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Promover valores científicas, humanistas e culturais.
My problem is that the meaning of humanismo in PT is much wider that the meaning of humanism in EN.
Humanismo means:
"no sentido amplo, valorizar o ser humano e a condição humana acima de tudo. Está relacionado com generosidade, compaixão e preocupação em valorizar os atributos e realizações humanas."
Humanismo is therefore neither necessarily religious or secularist.
In EN the term humanism generally has a narrower meaning and denotes a secularist philosophical outlook that stresses human agency that looks to science and not to religious dogma in order to understand the world.
Does humanitarian work?
My problem is that the meaning of humanismo in PT is much wider that the meaning of humanism in EN.
Humanismo means:
"no sentido amplo, valorizar o ser humano e a condição humana acima de tudo. Está relacionado com generosidade, compaixão e preocupação em valorizar os atributos e realizações humanas."
Humanismo is therefore neither necessarily religious or secularist.
In EN the term humanism generally has a narrower meaning and denotes a secularist philosophical outlook that stresses human agency that looks to science and not to religious dogma in order to understand the world.
Does humanitarian work?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | humanist [values] |
liz askew
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| 3 | humane / humanitarian |
Tiago Lima
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Proposed translations
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Tiago Lima
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Native in Portuguese
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Dealing with text in all its forms.
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 2 more.
humane / humanitarian
I think both would apply, if not straight out "humanism" - it might be narrower, but it seems to go along with the scientific values proclaimed!
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humanist [values]
Humanist values
www.humanistvalues.org.uk/
An introduction to Humanist Beliefs, Values, and Actions. September 2005. A discussion document produced by North East Humanists. Background. Stimulated ...
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'Thinking About Ethics' : a humanist perspective - Humanism ...
www.humanismforschools.org.uk/pdfs/thinking about ethics.pd...
'Thinking About Ethics' : a humanist perspective. Humanism is an approach to life based on humanity and reason. Humanists recognise that moral values are ...
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http://atheism.about.com/od/abouthumanism/a/what.htm
The difficulty inherent in defining humanism is summed up in the Encyclopedia of Social Sciences' entry on Humanism:
"Humanism as a technical term and as an intellectual or moral conception has always leaned heavily on its etymology. That which is characteristically human, not supernatural, that which belongs to man and not to external nature, that which raises man to his greatest height or gives him, as man, his greatest satisfaction, is apt to be called humanism."
"Humanism thus means many things. It may be the reasonable balance of life that the early humanists discovered in the Greeks; it may be merely the study of the humanities or polite letters; it may be the freedom from religiosity and the vivid interest in all sides of life of a Queen Elizabeth or a Benjamin Franklin; it may be the responsiveness to all human passions of a Shakespeare or a Goethe; or it may be a philosophy of which man is the center and sanction."
www.humanistvalues.org.uk/
An introduction to Humanist Beliefs, Values, and Actions. September 2005. A discussion document produced by North East Humanists. Background. Stimulated ...
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Note added at 1 hr (2015-02-12 13:41:35 GMT)
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'Thinking About Ethics' : a humanist perspective - Humanism ...
www.humanismforschools.org.uk/pdfs/thinking about ethics.pd...
'Thinking About Ethics' : a humanist perspective. Humanism is an approach to life based on humanity and reason. Humanists recognise that moral values are ...
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Note added at 1 hr (2015-02-12 13:47:53 GMT)
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http://atheism.about.com/od/abouthumanism/a/what.htm
The difficulty inherent in defining humanism is summed up in the Encyclopedia of Social Sciences' entry on Humanism:
"Humanism as a technical term and as an intellectual or moral conception has always leaned heavily on its etymology. That which is characteristically human, not supernatural, that which belongs to man and not to external nature, that which raises man to his greatest height or gives him, as man, his greatest satisfaction, is apt to be called humanism."
"Humanism thus means many things. It may be the reasonable balance of life that the early humanists discovered in the Greeks; it may be merely the study of the humanities or polite letters; it may be the freedom from religiosity and the vivid interest in all sides of life of a Queen Elizabeth or a Benjamin Franklin; it may be the responsiveness to all human passions of a Shakespeare or a Goethe; or it may be a philosophy of which man is the center and sanction."
Discussion
Naturalmente, não pretendi discriminar ninguém. Apenas referi a definições dicionarizadas.
Claro que o contexto é determinante, e neste caso, creio que então a aceção é "humanitarian", cmo aliás a Teresa já sugeriu.
vd link:
5. ("humanitarista" »» "humanitarian"): http://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/portugues-ingles/humanit...
6. ("humanitário" »» "humanitarian"): http://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/portugues-ingles/humanit...
Bom trabalho!
Creio que "humanismo" em PT tem a mesma aceção que "humanism" em EN.
vd links:
1. ("humanismo"): http://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/humani...
2. ("humanismo): http://michaelis.uol.com.br/moderno/portugues/index.php?ling...
3. ("humanitarismo"): http://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/humani...
4. ("humanitarismo"): http://michaelis.uol.com.br/moderno/portugues/index.php?ling...