<P> Humanists reacted against this utilitarian approach and the narrow pedantry associated with it . They sought to create a citizenry (frequently including women) able to speak and write with eloquence and clarity and thus capable of engaging the civic life of their communities and persuading others to virtuous and prudent actions . This was to be accomplished through the study of the studia humanitatis, today known as the humanities: grammar, rhetoric, history, poetry and moral philosophy . As a program to revive the cultural--and particularly the literary--legacy and moral philosophy of classical antiquity, Humanism was a pervasive cultural mode and not the program of a few isolated geniuses like Rabelais or Erasmus as is still sometimes popularly believed . </P> <P> Secular humanism is a comprehensive life stance or world view which embraces human reason, metaphysical naturalism, altruistic morality and distributive justice, and consciously rejects supernatural claims, theistic faith and religiosity, pseudoscience, and superstition . It is sometimes referred to as Humanism (with a capital H and no qualifying adjective). </P> <P> The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is the world union of 117 Humanist, rationalist, irreligious, atheistic, Bright, secular, Ethical Culture, and freethought organisations in 38 countries . The "Happy Human" is the official symbol of the IHEU as well as being regarded as a universally recognised symbol for secular humanism . </P> <P> According to the IHEU's bylaw 5.1: </P>

Which statement does not apply to the concept of humanism