Foundations of Humanities Flashcards
<p>The art and science of exploring the overlaps of what are often considered quite different subjects, such as the science and Humanities, in search of commonalities and places of agreement.</p>
<p>Consilience</p>
<p>The first text to be printed on a printing press in England was \_\_\_\_\_.</p>
<p>The Canterbury Tales</p>
Unifying ideas that are repeated or developed throughout a literary or artistic work.
Themes
Three themes that have been revisited multiple times and tell us something about the values central to the Western world.
Individualism, revolution, classicism
The two most-prominent recurring themes in the Humanities
Love and the hero
The two types of love distinguished by the Greeks
Eros (erotic love) and agape (platonic love)
The hero’s journey archetype has been termed a/an _____ (a phrase popularized by the scholar of mythology _____ _____)
Monomyth, Joseph Campbell
The study of the creative and intellectual contributions made by all cultures and as an ethical system that emphasizes human reason, values, and the scientific method.
Humanism
Traditional stories of a people or culture that serve to explain some natural phenomenon, the origin of humanity, or customs or religious rites. They often offer practical and spiritual wisdom in addition to providing entertainment.
Myths
Those qualities that give pleasure to the senses.
Beauty
Age-old models by which we comprehend human experience. The concepts of heroes, scapegoats, and heaven are examples of concepts that have been passed down through generations and have become part of our cultural subconscious.
Archetypes
An experience of beauty that inspires a feeling of pleasure, which is its own justification, and this experience is valued independently of others.
Aesthetic experience
A “jumping together” of knowledge by the linking of facts and fact-based theory across disciplines to create a common groundwork of explanation
Consilience
