1. The Influence of Humanism in Renaissance Art
He asserted in this work that Aristotle boosted the "importance" of knowledge, by describing only what goodness was, and not how men could improve themselves (Humanism: Italy 1). ... In his time, no longer were the teachings of the church and Aristotle, a teleologist who believed in eudaimonia, often described as the highest form of human good, suitable (Kessler 59). ... During the political turmoil within the city, the study of classical texts and the values learned from them were to be fused with the republican beliefs of the time (Humanism 1). ... He modeled his treatise on that of Aristot...
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