PHILOSOPHY OF THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD

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PHILOSOPHY OF THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD
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Plan

• 1. Characteristic features of Renaissance.
  Humanism and anthropocentrism.
• 2. Ideology of Reformation.
• 3. Natural philosophy and philosophy of natural
  studies.

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• 1. Characteristic features of Renaissance.
  Humanism and anthropocentrism

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• The term "Renaissance" was given currency in
  the 19th century by the Swiss historian Jacob
  Burckhardt. In his book, published in 1860,
  "Civilization of the renaissance in Italy" he
  argued that the 14th and 15th centuries witnessed
  a true revolution in values and emphasized the
  contrast between the church-centered culture of
  the middle ages and the new sense of the primacy
  of personality of that country.

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• The central concern of the cultural Renaissance
  was to develop a system of education that would
  do exactly that. One minor branch of the medieval
  educational curriculum, rhetoric, or the art of
  good speaking and writing, was specifically
  concerned with the skill of communicating well.

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• Renaissance Humanism was marked by three
  principal characteristics. First, it rejected the
  emphasis that the medieval schools placed on
  professional training, whether in theology, law,
  and medicine and advocated a liberal education,
  based on knowledge of moral philosophy and a
  command of eloquence. Second, Humanism stressed
  the supreme importance of the Latin language
  (later, Greek also) and the Classical authors.

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• Third, Humanism affirmed the possibility of
  human improvement through education and study.
  Ideally, individuals should develop to the
  fullest all their specifically human faculties -
  physical, moral spiritual, aesthetic.

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• Francesco Petrarch (1304