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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 872 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HUMANITARIANS , a See also:

term applied (I) to a school of theologians who repudiate the See also:doctrine of the Trinity and hold an extreme view of the See also:person of See also:Christ as simply human. The See also:adoption of this position by men like Nathaniel See also:Lardner, See also:Joseph See also:Priestley and See also:Theophilus See also:Lindsey in the See also:middle. of the 18th See also:century led to the See also:establishment of the first definitely organized Unitarian churches in See also:England. (2) It is also applied to those who believe in the perfectibility of See also:man apart from superhuman aid, especially those who follow the teaching of See also:Pierre See also:Leroux (q.v.). The name is also sometimes given to the Positivists, and. in a more See also:general sense, to persons whose See also:chief principle of See also:action is the See also:desire to preserve others from See also:pain and discomfort.

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