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<div dir="" data-setdir="true"><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Our book for March is</span><i style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"> H</i><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><i>umanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope</i>, a history of humanism in all its permutations, by Sarah Blakewell</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">. The discussion will take place on Saturday, </span>March 16<span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"> at 2:30 pm at the Wilson Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library, located at 303 Washington Ave., New Haven.</span><br></div></div><div id="ydp66f301yahoo_quoted_9072849437" class="ydp66f301yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div id="ydp66f301yiv8008423099"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydp66f301yiv8008423099ydp320cf0ebyahoo-style-wrap"><div><span style="color:rgb(38, 40, 42);"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align: center;" dir="" data-setdir="true"><img title="Inline image" alt="Inline image" src="cid:bcb845d9-05b5-8f52-de88-9d9ec5fc1cdf@yahoo.com" class="yahoo-inline-image" draggable="false" style="max-width: 800px;" data-id="<bcb845d9-05b5-8f52-de88-9d9ec5fc1cdf@yahoo.com>"></div></div></div><div id="ydp66f301yiv8008423099ydpf7780a36yahoo_quoted_7003098253" class="ydp66f301yiv8008423099ydpf7780a36yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div id="ydp66f301yiv8008423099ydpf7780a36yiv5989473832"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydp66f301yiv8008423099ydpf7780a36yiv5989473832yahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr">From Amazon:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div>Voyaging from the literary enthusiasts of the fourteenth century to the secular campaigners of our own time,... Bakewell brings together extraordinary humanists across history. She explores their immense variety: some sought to promote scientific and rationalist ideas, others put more emphasis on moral living, and still others were concerned with the cultural and literary studies known as “the humanities.” <i>Humanly Possible</i> asks not only what brings all these aspects of humanism together but why it has such enduring power, despite opposition from fanatics, mystics, and tyrants.</div><div><br></div><div>[A]t a moment when we are all too conscious of the world’s divisions, <i>Humanly Possible</i> – brimming with ideas, experiments in living, and respect for the deepest ethical values – serves as a re-centering, a call to care for one another, and a reminder that we are all, together, only human.</div><div><br></div><div>“Engagingly written as well as richly informative . . . every thinker, every book, every movement is located lightly and precisely in relation to its past and its influence on the present day. I can’t imagine a better history of humanism, nor one that is so vividly persuasive.” – Philip Pullman, author <i>His Dark Materials</i> trilogy</div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div>Hope to see you on the 16th,<br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr">Kevin & Paula<br></div></div></div></div></div>
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