"These lectures were delivered in University Hall, New York, under the auspices of the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, in January-February 1984"--Pref.

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The Renaissance

The Enlightenment

The nineteenth century, rival versions

The twentieth century, towards a new humanism

Has humanism a future?