HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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the individual is important, the body is beautiful, greeks & romans are inspirational
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greeks and romans are not inspirational
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the state is more important than individual liberty
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the state is more important than God
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Detailed explanation-1: -The key concepts of humanism focus around free will, human motivation, and embracing individual growth.
Detailed explanation-2: -Humanism to the Greeks was a way of life, they valued people above everything else. According to an article for About Religion, Austin Cline said in regards to humanism in ancient Greece that “it valued humanity in that it placed human beings at the center of moral and …show more content… in. Early Greek Humanism).
Detailed explanation-3: -Most frequently, humanism refers to a non-theistic view centered on human agency, and a reliance on science and reason rather than revelation from a supernatural source to understand the world. Humanists tend to advocate for human rights, free speech, progressive policies, and democracy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Along with giving our culture its definitions of humanism, heroism, and its obsession with the physical body, the Greeks also plant our dual seeds of both philosophy and democracy: we see in this story a willingness to engage in criticism and examination of those things that other cultures will not.
Detailed explanation-5: -They embraced nudity, which was a sign of Greek culture, showing that they are all equal, and allowing the focus to be on the individual rather than their status in society, unlike in Egyptian art.