In sharp contrast, Renaissance humanist educators revived the study of the classics and stressed the importance of the individual. ... At the beginning of the Renaissance, humanist educators revived the study of the classics and humanities to help students attain salvation. ... Humanists believed that the study of humanities was essential for the education of a good citizen. ... Early Renaissance Italian humanists such as Battista Guarino and Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini asserted that a man must study the humanities to acquire virtue and to attain enlightenment. ... In the view of the author...

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