Renaissance humanism
Reviving classical learning, with a focus on human dignity and earthly life
Key ideas
- Reading Latin and Greek authors in the original
- Human dignity and freedom
- A liberal-arts education for the citizen
- Critical study of texts, including the Bible
Key thinkers
- Petrarch (founder) — humanist poet, 1304–1374
- Erasmus — Dutch humanist, 1466–1536
- Niccolò Machiavelli — Florentine political thinker and diplomat, 1469–1527
Meanwhile elsewhere
- Confucianism Asia
- Buddhist philosophy Asia
- Taoism Asia
- Nyaya Asia
- Madhyamaka Asia
- Yogachara Asia
- Chan and Zen Asia
- Advaita Vedanta Asia
- Kalam Middle East
- Neo-Confucianism Asia