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THEPHILOSOPHYOF HUMANISM
CORLISS LAMONT 
 EIGHTH EDITION, REVISED
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To My Mother
FLORENCE CORLISS LAMONT
 discerning companionin philosophy
 Published 1997 by
Humanist PressA division of the American Humanist Association7 Harwood Drive, P.O. Box 1188Amherst, NY 14226-7188
 Eighth Edition
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 96-77244ISBN 0-931779-07-3Copyright © 1949, 1957, 1965, 1982, 1990, 1992 by Corliss Lamont.Copyright © 1997 by Half-Moon Foundation, Inc.
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CONTENTS
Introduction to the Eighth EditionviiForeword to the Eighth EditionxiPreface to the Seventh EditionxiiIntroduction to the Sixth EditionxiiiForeword to the Fifth EditionxxxPreface to the Fifth Editionxxxiv
 I.The Meaning of Humanism
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1. The Importance of Philosophy32. Humanism Defined123. Different Kinds of Humanists21
 II.The Humanist Tradition
331. Philosophic Forerunners332. Religious Roots of Humanism533. The Cultural Background65
 III.This Life Is All and Enough
881. The Unity of Body and Personality882. Some Other Considerations1033. The Destiny of Humankind117
 IV.Humanism’s Theory of the Universe
1261. Science and Its Implications1262. The Rejection of Dualism and Idealism1433. The Universe of Nature1584. Contingency, Determinism, and Freedom1695. The Ultimates of Existence1856. The Appreciation of Nature193
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