March 21st 2016
Introduction to Humanities
The reintroduction of Greco-Roman antiquities to a world of demographic, cultural and economic decay brought about a new era defined by a distinct increase in interest surrounding the powers of the human mind. Accepting of the title humanism, it was a manifestation in late-medieval art, architecture, politics, science and literature. Generally, humanism stresses the individual's creativity, reasoning, and aesthetic powers. However, during the Renaissance individual ideas about humanism differed. And no two philosophies seem to have differed more than poet, playwright, and actor William Shakespeare’s, and nobleman and philosopher Giovanni Pico della Mirandola’s.
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