Auguste Comte was a French writer, philosopher, and social scientist, whose theory of positivism was a significant influence on the […]
To say that “God moves in mysterious ways” is to put up a smokescreen of mystery behind which fantasy may […]
Avoiding alike mysticism and shallow denial, he was a true Agnostic, anxious not merely to beat down error, but to […]
No creative thinker has so governed… my mind as the French genius who framed the maxim – “Love for principle, […]
Conway Hall has effected a transformation. From the day of its opening the life of the Society has been full […]
The radical publisher Edward Truelove found himself in court more than once defending freedom of belief and expression. He believed, […]
A cheerful and reverent Agnostic, whose whole life was one of unselfishness and devotion to lofty aims, who was tolerant […]
The reward of a useful and virtuous life is the conviction that our memory will be cherished by those who […]
On 11 November 1849, at the Literary and Scientific Institution, 23 John Street (now Whitfield Street), London, George Jacob Holyoake […]
Humanism is a philosophy of life based on a concern for humanity rather than a belief in god. Humanists believe […]
George Broadhead was a humanist activist and gay rights campaigner, motivated by a twin commitment to humanism and human rights. […]
Glasnevin Cemetery is a nondenominational cemetery in Ireland, first opened in 1832. The brainchild of Catholic rights leader Daniel O’Connell, […]
I was not, and was conceived. I loved and did a little work. I am not and grieve not. Epitaph […]
People have always looked for ways to mark significant events in their lives, and though many ceremonies have often been […]
While much of the Humanist Heritage website looks back to the earlier years of the organised humanist movement, recent decades […]
When we are asked to believe that nothing but a supernatural ideal can inspire and sustain a life-time of complete […]
John Curry was an English figure skater celebrated for revolutionising the sport by combining athleticism with balletic artistry. Openly gay […]
Kensal Green, opened in 1833, was London’s first commercial cemetery, and the originator of the city’s ‘Magnificent Seven’. These suburban […]
Formed in the wake of the Gay News blasphemy trial, GALHA (now LGBT Humanists) came into being in 1979 as […]
As for Mother Clap, she was present all the Time, except when she went out to fetch Liquors… The Company […]
Socialism emerged, in the early decades of the nineteenth century, as a humanist ideal of universal emancipation – the ideal […]
Positivism is a philosophical system based on the writings of French thinker Auguste Comte, which flourished from the 1830s onwards. […]
Richard Congreve was a devoted follower of Auguste Comte, whose positivist philosophies and ‘Religion of Humanity’ inspired Congreve to open […]
The obituary reproduced below was written by George Broadhead, and originally appeared in a 1997 issue of The Gay Humanist […]
Under its successive names, adopted or given… is traceable a constant endeavour to study carefully, and keep abreast of, the […]
Stanton Coit was a pioneer of the Ethical movement in England and the founder of the West London Ethical Society, […]
The old teaching was that we must worship not truth, beauty and goodness, but their source, and that their source […]
Not by the Creed but by the Deed. Motto of the Society for Ethical Culture of New York, founded in […]
He was the people’s First Minister, and this is a people’s ceremony. He wouldn’t want heavy mourning. This is a […]
The Union of Ethical Societies (now Humanists UK) was formed in 1896, joining together existing ethical societies for fellowship and […]