Heritage of Humanism ca. 600 BC “Ionian Awakening.” Birth of natural science. Greeks recognize that what is natural is quite distinct from anything supernatural. Anaximander,Thales of Miletus ca. 450 BC Rational discourse recognized as a way to learning. Logic, ethics and natural science systematized. Socrates, Aristotle ca. 400 AD Pelagius disturbs Christianity. Teaches that we humans are responsible for what we are and for what we shall be. Life is a “do it yourself job.” Expelled from orthodoxy by Augustine. Pelagianism remains a “heresy” today ca. 1500 Humanist Thomas More. His novel Utopia proposes that we can make the world better than it is ca. 1548 Humanist Roger Ascham educates the children of Henry VIII. Elizabeth, absorbing Humanist thought, will become monarch, reigns over age of creativity in which freethinking takes root 1594 Richard Hooker shows Martin Luther is wrong. Reason is helpful, not to be despised. Fundamentalism and Puritanism exposed as unhelpful, destructive, should  be repudiated 1610 Galileo. Evidence, not “revelation”, is the foundation of reliable knowledge 1859 Charles Darwin. "Origin of Species." Human beings are both in the world and of it, contradicting Paul's assertion in the New Testament. We humans are a part of nature, not alien to it 1876 Felix Adler. Moral values derive from human experience. Cultivate ethical living without reference to supernaturalism 1933 Humanist Manifesto 1 establishes public Humanist voice 1941 American Humanist Association organized in Chicago. World's original Humanist organization, born in America's heartland 1982 Humanist Fellowship of San Diego founded 2003 Humanist Manifesto 3, the latest official statement of what Humanism is 2007 Humanist Fellowship of San Diego celebrates 25 years of presenting a Humanist voice in the community, successfully reaching many people in the San Diego area and beyond