<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/33a4d594-9912-4272-bea0-b2db31000adc/6D95A967-A9A7-4232-A560-59BDCF3F7590/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.humanistictexts.org/" href="http://www.humanistictexts.org/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.humanistictexts.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.humanistictexts.org/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.humanistictexts.org/img/92E134C8-1EAA-48AC-A6F1-8429531C7BB9" alt="Humanistic Texts" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.humanistictexts.org/"><P align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size="2"><A language="JavaScript" href="http://www.humanistictexts.org/background.htm"><IMG width="140" height="40" border="0" align="middle" name="MSFPnav1" alt="Background" src="http://www.humanistictexts.org/_derived/background.htm_cmp_blank-revised110_hbtn.gif" /></A> <A language="JavaScript" href="http://www.humanistictexts.org/summary.htm"><IMG width="140" height="40" border="0" align="middle" name="MSFPnav2" alt="Summary" src="http://www.humanistictexts.org/_derived/summary.htm_cmp_blank-revised110_hbtn.gif" /></A> <A language="JavaScript" href="http://www.humanistictexts.org/periods.htm"><IMG width="140" height="40" border="0" align="middle" name="MSFPnav3" alt="Timeline" src="http://www.humanistictexts.org/_derived/periods.htm_cmp_blank-revised110_hbtn.gif" /></A> <A language="JavaScript" href="http://www.humanistictexts.org/guide.htm"><IMG width="140" height="40" border="0" align="middle" name="MSFPnav4" alt="Guide" src="http://www.humanistictexts.org/_derived/guide.htm_cmp_blank-revised110_hbtn.gif" /></A></FONT> </FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.humanistictexts.org/"><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman">Through these excerpts we have the pleasure of encountering active, probing minds. We can read of humanistic ideas as they break through into history for the first time. Often, even the oldest ideas remain fresh and new.<O:P> </O:P> </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.humanistictexts.org/"><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size="3" face="Times New Roman">The excerpts aim to be of sufficient length to convey an author's way of thinking. To facilitate further exploration of any particular line of thought, references to more extensive texts are given.<O:P> Extracts from individual authors can be accessed alphabetically from the list above. 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