Humanism was the emancipation and rediscovery of the individual, and it left an immense impact on literature, philosophy, and the arts. ... Petrarch opted out of studying law in order to devote his life to literature. ... He considered himself a protector of the study of the humanities that Petrarch started. ... 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). ... Neoplatonism during the Renaissance was a revival of Platonism, a dualistic philosophy based on Plato&#...

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This time period, known as the Renaissance, was seen as a new age of learning and thinking with a cultural movement in which art, literature, music, philosophy, and education contributed to numerous developments and influences. ... Classical texts previously lost to European scholars became readily available and included science, drama, poetry, prose, philosophy, and new ideas regarding Christian theology. ... Supporting this conviction was the development of new artistic techniques, architectural styles, philosophies and educational practices, which extended throughout Europe. ... Scholars be...

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These three interests found representation in the three dominant strands of Renaissance philosophy: (1) political theory, (2) humanism and (3) the philosophy of nature. ... Of all the practices of Renaissance Europe, nothing is used to distinguish the Renaissance from the Middle Ages more than humanism as both a program and a philosophy. The humanists of the Renaissance rediscovered the Latin and Greek classics (hence the "rebirth" or "renaissance" of the classical world), that humanist philosophy stressed the dignity of humanity, and that humanists shifted intellectual emphasis off of th...

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These things gave rise to a new type of scholar, the humanist, and a new philosophy, humanism. ... The American Humanist Association(AHA) defines humanism as a rational philosophy informed by science, inspired by art, and motivated by compassion. ... The study of this ancient grammatical rhetoric led in turn to the interest into the Roman literatures. ... The humanists, however, were in no way the initiators of a particular "philosophy of life: they were not as a group any more anti-religious or this-worldly than their counterparts in the Middle Ages or than other group...

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Others discovered the joy of reading classical books and became interested in poetry, history, and philosophy. ... Scholars discovered a new study of culture, known as humanism. ... Humanist in the North, such as Thomas said that "their knowledge and the study of the natural world could serve as a ladder to the study of the supernatural" (The Flow of History). The Northern humanist had a goal to convince people that the study of the classics could help Christianity and they succeeded. ... Humanist would use classical work as models to write about literature and philosophy that discus...

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Many dramatic changes occurred during this time in the fields of philosophy, art, politics, and literature. ... It was at this point, during the 1430's, that the Renaissance and many of its core philosophies truly began to take off in Italy. ... As its name implies, humanism was a philosophy that was characterized by blending concern with the history and actions of all human beings, and their influences on the world with religious duty. ... One of his greatest works, School of Athens, shows a humanistic influence of classical Greek and Roman models through depicting a group of Greek phil...

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It grew into a strong desire and widespread need to learn and study Latin and classical antiquity, as well as basic grammar and rhetoric. Many studied the writings of their past, both arts and sciences, and reflected on various philosophies of life, in order to determine the best ethic for the individual. ... It was a study that focused on the "self- and became the fuel that encouraged independent thought and reaction against the domineering standard. ... Love cannot inspire and enlighten more than studying the classics and learning, especially if it is not reciprocal. ... In political th...

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Social Influences of The Renaissance OUTLINE I. Introduction to the Renaissance A. What is the Renaissance B. The time period of the Renaissance C. Nations of the Renaissance II. Humanism A. What the humanist believed B. What the humanist studied C. What influenced humanist beliefs I...

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In the Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, Thomas Hockey said that he studied Arabic and devoted himself to translating into Latin some of the Arabic translations of Greek treatises, Arabic commentaries on them, and original Arabic works dealing with astronomy, mathematics, philosophy, medicine, and other sciences" ( Gerard of Cremona). ... His Latin edition Euclid's Element can be counted as the most popular version at that time, which enabled as many scholars to study Euclid's Element during the Renaissance. ...

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One of Petrarch's legacies was his belief that the recovery and study of the works of antiquity could restore virtue, culture, and social order. ... Most of these were actually posted; a few, such as his rhetorical letters to Cicero, Plato, and Seneca, were never intended to be, but were simply written as a statement of Petrarch's philosophy in the context of the addressee's. ... Based on his studies of Cicero, Petrarch believed that there had to be more to virtue than religion. ...

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