Neoplatonism

and furthermore carries on the tradition of utopia being ‘no-place’ in foreseeable time or space. More’s implied criticism of the values of civic humanism, the common Renaissance attitudes of intellectual obsession towards the classical world and Neoplatonism as well as the hypocrisy of Christian monarchies that govern in contradiction of their faith, runs alongside Clarke’s parody of the imperialism and pessimistic attitudes to technological progresses that underly the Cold War…

Beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th was the Renaissance period, which was a movement that happened in Europe according to the production of literature and art. The word Renaissance itself means the rebirth of visualizing art, architecture, politics, science, literature, in one word, culture. This movement started in Italy and later showed itself all over Europe. From this period of time a lot of artistes appear with great artwork growing the perspective of this movement. Jan…

Those who had the most interest in Plato’s philosophy were members of a discussion group called the Florentine Platonic Academy funded by Cosmo de’ Medici. The Platonic philosophy known as Neoplatonism played a major role in shaping the philosophies of Humanists. Its idea of hierarchy of substances and a theory of spiritual love put humans in the central position of all things. This philosophy empowered humans and emphasized the potential of…

Part 1: Humanism:- This is known as the movement of intellectuals at the beginning of the Renaissance. They ultimately believed that humankind was good. Humanist believed that mankind was worth something and the intellectual knowledge had power. From the humanist movement came the reawakening of literature, history, politics, and ethics. Humanist additionally believed that love was very powerful, and that they should following their earthly needs and move past their medieval viewpoints on life.…

poems towards Irish politics and his attitudes to educate audiences on Irish culture and history. Using these poems as a source to comment on Irish politics and Irish legends to portray an ‘escape’ from reality. Through his influence of The Occult, Neoplatonism, Hindu Upanishad, Christianity and the philosophy of Nietsche and William Blake's poetry, he successfully…

The story of Hypatia is what led her to her upcoming and how she made an impact to society. Her father Theon of Alexandria, Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus influenced her in like and learning to love and have a passion for mathematics and everything that came with it. In her time of A.D she was the only woman who made a big difference. Hypatia was a popular teacher of interesting topics. She drew attention to herself by being phenomenal at what she did. Her words embraced others as much as…

It may be hard to imagine, but there once was a time when science as we know it today did not exist. During the Roman empire, when Christianity itself was getting started, medicine was a basic, if not crude, practice; mathematics was used chiefly for business and surveying; and astronomy was closely associated with astrology. There were no readily identifiable forms of chemistry, physics, or biology, although the civil engineering of roads, buildings and aqueducts had developed through…

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was first and foremost an Italian sculptor, as well as, a painter during the High Renaissance. His piece entitled Pietà was created between the years of 1498–1499 in St. Peter’s Basilica (Kleiner). Gian Lorenzo Bernini was also an Italian sculptor and architect, but during the Baroque period. The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa was finished in 1652 for the Cornaro family chapel in Santa Maria della Vittoria (Kleiner). Though there is complexity in the…

“Against Love,” by Kathrine Philips, is a poem that was written in the seventeen century. This poem is based on rejection of love. There is a high price, when it comes to love, and there is no need for it, if it ends up being destructive. The narrator makes it indistinct that there is no need to get caught up in love, and a person can live their life content, without being in love. Kathrine’s works are highly respected. There are countless thoughts that come to mind about the poem’s message. The…

themselves above lower animals, since there is little evidence that either of God’s creations are of lesser or greater value in the natural world. In essence, these are the contrasting views of Mirandola and Montaigne that define the different views of Neoplatonism/Humanism and the skeptical perspective in the 15th and 16th…