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Shouldn't that be mouseanity?Nemesis said:
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hu·man·i·ty (hyū-măn'ĭ-tē)
n., pl. -ties.
Humans considered as a group; the human race.
The condition or quality of being human.
The quality of being humane; benevolence.
A humane characteristic, attribute, or act.
[Middle English humanite, from Old French, from Latin hūmānitās, from hūmānus, human. See human.]
2. humanity - the quality of being humane
humaneness - the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals)
humanity
Origin: L. Humanitas: cf. f. Humanite. see human.
1. The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.
2. mankind collectively; the human race. But hearing oftentimes The still, and music humanity. (Wordsworth) It is a debt we owe to humanity. (s. s. Smith)
3. The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness. The common offices of humanity and friendship.
4. mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature. Polished with humanity and the study of witty science. (Holland)
5. (With definite article) The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.
The cultivation of the languages, literature, history, and archaeology of Greece and Rome, were very commonly called literae humaniores, or, in english, the humanities, . . . By way of opposition to the literae divinae, or divinity.
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Just to be pedantic..
n., pl. -ties.
Humans considered as a group; the human race.
The condition or quality of being human.
The quality of being humane; benevolence.
A humane characteristic, attribute, or act.
[Middle English humanite, from Old French, from Latin hūmānitās, from hūmānus, human. See human.]
2. humanity - the quality of being humane
humaneness - the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals)
humanity
Origin: L. Humanitas: cf. f. Humanite. see human.
1. The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.
2. mankind collectively; the human race. But hearing oftentimes The still, and music humanity. (Wordsworth) It is a debt we owe to humanity. (s. s. Smith)
3. The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness. The common offices of humanity and friendship.
4. mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature. Polished with humanity and the study of witty science. (Holland)
5. (With definite article) The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.
The cultivation of the languages, literature, history, and archaeology of Greece and Rome, were very commonly called literae humaniores, or, in english, the humanities, . . . By way of opposition to the literae divinae, or divinity.
Retrieved from "http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Humanity"
Just to be pedantic..
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Pedantic? Toi?Nemesis said:
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Get me some of that book learning baby! 8)
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If you want to win cases, you need to know the rules!!
I'm not averse to a bit of book larnin' either.
I'm not averse to a bit of book larnin' either.