The term humanitas (Humankind, human being, “humaneness,” “sphere of human affairs”) adopted from Cicero in the 15th century achieved currency in European languages in the heyday of Humanism and remains to this day (English humanity; French humanité; Italian umanità; Spanish humanidad) - especially in the context of literary-rhetorical education (Bildung) as originally delineated by the Humanist term studia humanitatis (“studies of human affairs”). From the 16th…