During the 16th century Renaissance‚ the country of Italy was reintroduced to the importance of the liberal arts: language‚ literature‚ philosophy‚ and history. It was a period of rebirth and light for a country once consumed by darkness during the time known as the Middle Ages. The fall of Constantinople in 1453 brought into Italy an influx of Byzantine scholars that sparked a refocus on such liberal studies and humanities that restructured the general governance of Italy for centuries to come
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References: Castiglione‚ "The Courtier" Mirandola‚ Pico Della‚ "Oration on the Dignity on Man" Montaigne. "Essays: In Defense of Raymond Sebond" More‚ Sir Thomas‚ "Utopia" Rabelais‚ Francois‚ "Gargantua and Pantagruel: The Abbey of Theleme" Thompson‚ Karl F. Classics of Western Thought and Middle Ages
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Lorenzo de Medici C) Cosimo de Medici D) Pico della Mirandola Points Earned: 5.0/5.0 Correct Answer(s): A 9. This author of The Prince is considered the greatest Renaissance political theorist. A) Machiavelli B) Erasmus C) Dufay D) Mirandola Points Earned: 5.0/5.0 Correct Answer(s): A 10. In the 1500s‚ the most important Christian humanist in Europe was: A) Machiavelli B) Dufay C) Erasmus D) Mirandola Points Earned: 5.0/5.0 Correct Answer(s):
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very best in their every day lives. Cosimo de´Medici along with supervisor Marsilio Ficino and Pico della Mirandola founded the Florentine Platonic Academy‚ which was actually not a formal school‚ but an informal gathering of Florentine humanist. There they worked to revive the works of Plato‚ an ancient writer whom humanist greatly admired. Such Platonic influences are evident in Pico della Mirandola´s statement which says that humans are the only creatures on earth that have the power to rise
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The impact of the Renaissance on Europe Jacob Burckhardt best describes the renaissance as the prototype of the modern world‚ for it was the period between the fourteenth and fifteenth century in Italy‚ when the base of modern civilisation was formed. It was mainly through the revival of ancient learning that new scientific values first began to overthrow traditional religious beliefs. People started to accept a new rational and objective approach to reality and most
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normal to bring humans to the forefront. One of the most notable humanists to express this belief was Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola. Growing up in the upper echelon of society‚ he received a full humanist education in the late 1400s. This put him at odds with the Church at times. In many ways‚ he sought “a dynamism not present in the static condition of the biblical Paradise‚ a dynamism that Pico finds in another garden‚”(Borghesi‚Papio‚254). That garden was humanism. Despite being quite the theologian
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humanism A new concept of human individuality‚ originating in the citystates of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Italy‚ that was based on desire for excellence in scholarship‚ creative work‚ and education. The humanist movement spread to northern Europe‚ France‚ England‚ and elsewhere‚ and continued to flourish until the mid-seventeenth century. Among its more familiar literary figures are‚ in Italy‚ Dante Alighieri‚ Francesco Petrarca (known as Petrarch)‚ Giovanni Boccaccio‚ Baldassare
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where they would end up. One soul that Dante talked to in this circle of Heaven said‚ "We thirst for this alone. If we desired to be higher up‚ then our desires would not be in accord with His will Who assigns us to this sphere" (Dante 406). However‚ Pico believes that Man should constantly "despise the things of heaven‚ and‚ judging little of what is in this world‚ fly to the court
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Brague observes that in ancient and medieval times‚ the simple question‚ “What is man?” was seldom thought about. Contemplating this question requires one to believe they are a self-determining being. In ancient and medieval times‚ people did not think about who they were or if they could change. The universe was stagnant‚ every being had a purpose and a place and stayed in that place. In order to believe you are a self-determining being‚ you must be able to reflect upon yourself. This concept did
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