the brights (NY times op-ed)

[Barnhart]

There are two articles in JSTOR for _moralistic puritanism_; none for
_moralistic puritanist_.  Nexis has zero for both.

Happy Saturday afternoon,

David

barnhart at highlands.com

Barnhart writes:
>An instance of _secular "humanism"_ (in JSTOR, 1942) is accompanied by
>another term _moralistic _"Puritanism_".
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>Regards,
>David
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>barnhart at highlands.com
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>nunberg at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU,Net writes:
>>JSTOR has instances of "secular humanism" from the 1938 and 1939, and
>>one for "secular humanist" from 1935. But these citations all suggest
>>a purely compositional reading of the phrase -- as, e.g., in "the
>>love of man for God, foreign alike to Greek moral philososphy and the
>>secular humanism of the present day." I feel sure that that David is
>>right as regards the polemical use of the phrase to signify what MW
>>defines as " humanistic philosophy viewed as a nontheistic religion
>>antagonistic to traditional religion." That was a much later
>>invention, though you'd need a lot of context to sort out just when
>>the shift took place.
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>>Geoff Nunberg
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>>>zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU,Net writes:
>>>>has the history of the phrase "secular humanism" been charted?  who
>>>>first used the expression, in what context, and how has its use
>>>>changed over the years?
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>>>Dear Arnold (and other listers):
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>>>Try checking with MW.  In MW10 the e.q. is 1933 (seems early, RHU has
>>>1980-85).  The earliest date I have penciled in the margin of BDC
(Vol.
>>>2) is 1976.  Bloomsbury (Green's Neologisms, c. 1991) has an e.q.
1981.
>>>
>>>Regards (and keep depending on friends.  They're the best safety net
>>>there is.)
>>>
>>>David
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>>>barnhart at barnhart@highlands.com
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