ONE welcomes especially any fresh utterance of Dr. Sarton on general lines, because he devotes himself too exclusively to the learned studies of which he is a master and speaks too seldom on the ...

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The History of Science and the New Humanism. By George Sarton. Pp. 178. (New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1931.) 2 dollars.

Written in the mid-fifteenth century, Pope Pius II’s Commentaries are the only known autobiography of a reigning pontiff and a fundamental text in the history of Renaissance humanism.

Humanists do not believe in a god. They believe it is possible to live a good and fulfilling life without following a traditional religion. They do not follow a holy book either. Instead ...