all things that are not that they are not.” This translates into the humanist concept of no absolute truth and no standard of right and wrong in morals and ethics. Everything is relative! 2. Humanism had a “second beginning” as it were, during the 14th century Renaissance in the work of Francesco Petrarch, an Italian poet. Interest in the study of the classics were rekindled, and Petrarch reaffirmed the principles advocated by Protagoras. The humanist philosophy has been a part of higher education