HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Humanism
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City State
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Cultural relativism
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Behavioralism
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Detailed explanation-1: -Renaissance Humanism was an intellectual movement typified by a revived interest in the classical world and studies which focussed not on religion but on what it is to be human. Its origins went back to 14th-century Italy and such authors as Petrarch (1304-1374) who searched out ‘lost’ ancient manuscripts.
Detailed explanation-2: -As historians Hugh Honour and John Fleming noted, Renaissance Humanism advanced “the new idea of self-reliance and civic virtue” among the common people, combined with a belief in the uniqueness, dignity, and value of human life.
Detailed explanation-3: -Of the various themes of Renaissance thought, perhaps the most important was humanism, an ancient intellectual paradigm that emphasized both the beauty and the centrality of humankind in the universe. Humanists held that humankind was inherently rational, beautiful, and noble, rather than debased, wicked, or weak.