Much of this phenomenon, of course, was due to the predominance of classical humanities in any cultured man's intellectual background.
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However, these extraterrestrial invaders of suburbia have breached humanity's ultimate boundary, that between itself and the universe.
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Searches were conducted on databases per tinent to medic ine, psycholog y, soc ial work, nursing, humanities, and education, f rom 1980 to 2003.
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Only a handful had a background in the humanities or social sciences.
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The humanities and social sciences have adopted the postmodern attitude that it can no longer take the search for "truth" seriously.
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What it does make perfectly clear is the impossibility of humanity's well-being under capitalism, and why.
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The history of science can be integrated with the history of culture and the humanities generally.
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On the other hand, the predominantly suburban setting for humanity's first contact with another world necessarily aggrandizes suburbia.
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Silently, they repudiated humanity's lingering claims to special privilege inside a universe no longer ordered by theology.
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Instead, the clump's existing could help explain humanity's being instanced at all.
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Together they provide a wonderful insight into one of humanity's greatest gifts.
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In her self-representations she appears as a spiritually enlightened individual who has dedicated her life to the alleviation of humanity's suffering.
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There has been much debate over whether archaeology is an objective science or a subjective, humanities discipline.
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If plans to produce cellulosic ethanol are carried very far, it could be the death knell for biodiversity and, with it, humanity's life-support systems.
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He suggests that we should teach the cultural context of the music through music and the humanities working together.
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Collocationswithhumanity
humanity
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betterment of humanity
Are we entering on a period when the really wonderful scientific achievements of our age can be made use of for the betterment of humanity?
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common humanity
Acommonhumanityis not yet enough to feed the rich blood of various activity which makes a complete man.
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mass of humanity
Sidgwick regularly spoke of themassofhumanityas the vulgar, the sensual herd, the common herd, savages, or worse.
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