Humanism

=Renaissance Humanism= Giovanni Boccaccio

It was a movement that began in Florence in the late fourteenth century. Its main focus, based on the root of its name, was humans. It focused on human dignity and the human potential. This movement began to disregard ancient christian values and instead exalted reason above faith and morals. It was in stark constrast to the other prevailing philosophical view of Thomism during the fifteen hundreds. Followers of these two schools of philosophy were often at odds with eachother. During this time there was a profound interest in ad fontes, or "to the sources. This describes how they were deeply interested in studying from primary sources. This led to a fascination with ancient literature and was key to the development of humanism. Humanists believed that studying proper liberal arts was a major helped approve on ones selfworth and human dignity.

Questions
1. What elements of humanism to you see that have carried over to today?

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2. Do you think that humanism during the rennaisance has improved todays culture or not?

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