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Kwame Gyekye’s (“kwam-AY gyek-YAY’s”) The Akan Conceptual Scheme claims that this worldview is the “foundation of Akan morality.” Kenneth Kaunda embraced this worldview as a national philosophy inspired by ubuntu. The title of a 1945 lecture compares one philosophy to this worldview (20[1])to defend it from Marxist and Christian (20[1])critiques that it leads to “quietism (20[1])from despair” (20[1])or excessive individualism. Jean-Paul Sartre coined the maxim that (*) “existence (10[2])precedes (10[1])essence” in a lecture titled for “Existentialism as (10[2])[this worldview].” (10[4])Italian Renaissance thinkers like Pico della Mirandola (10[2])embraced this philosophy as a way to improve society through education and decenter religion. (10[2])For 10 points, name this philosophy centered on Homo sapiens. (10[3])■END■ (10[14])

ANSWER: humanism [accept any answer including humanism or word forms, like African humanism or Renaissance humanism or secular humanism; accept “Existentialism as a Humanism”]
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