人文主义一词,根据英国学者阿伦·布洛克的考察,迟至19世纪才出现。但人文主义思潮,最早可追溯到公元前五世纪的古希腊。人文主义在其漫长的历史变迁中,呈现出三个典型的历史标志:古希腊“德性”人文主义,文艺复兴和启蒙运动时期的“理性”人文主义,以及“消解人” According to the study of British scholar Alan Bullock, the term humanism emerged as late as the 19th century. But the trend of humanism, the earliest dating back to the fifth century BC, ancient Greece. In its long historical changes, humanism has shown three typical historical signs: “rational” humanism in ancient Greece, “morality” and humanism, Renaissance and Enlightenment period, and “digestion” "