... a time of arms was to seek deserved glory, honor, and excellence, a reverberation of the Greek value of arete. Literature was not the only genre affected by humanism. Neoplatonism was birthed from it as well. Neoplatonism during the Renaissance was a revival of Platonism, a dualistic philosophy based on Plato's Republic. In this book, Plato categorized the world into two realms, one of visible reality and another of intelligible reality ... , and four separate levels of knowledge. If one was to follow this hierarchy of knowledge-based levels, knowledge could be reached to its highest pot...

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... was largely based on his value of education. Humanists believed that proper learning equaled a proper being; a civilized society was built on the work of the most intelligent people. This view was not only held by humanists of the day but also by Plato (from the Republic). Because a proper renaissance man would have to study Greek and Latin writings, they also adapted numerous ancient philosophers" ideas. Since ... education during the renaissance encompassed a new grasp on virtues and morality, the even the clergy sought higher education in the humanities. However, not everybody saw th...

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... was spawned by the birth of the philosophy of humanism, which emphasized the importance of individual achievement in a wide range of fields. The early humanists, such as writer Francesco Petrarch, studied the works of the ancient Greeks and Romans for inspiration and ideology, mixing the philosophies of Plato and other ancient thinkers with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. Under the influence of the humanists, literature and the arts climbed to new ... levels of importance. 2. Niccolo Machiavelli-republican idealist, or right wing fascist? In actuality, both, as well as neith...

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