... the Latin and Greek classics (hence the "rebirth" or "renaissance" of the classical world). The humanists believed that the Greek and Latin classics contained both all the lessons one needed to lead a moral and effective life and the best models for a powerful Latin style. Cicero represented several ideals: his language and composition was a model for any use of language, particularly ... represented the ideal of employing both wisdom and eloquence in the public good. The Roman poet Lucretius is the main source for contemporary knowledge of Epicurus's thought. Lucretius sought to free h...

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... , interests in ancient texts, and the education of the common people with the establishment of the University of Paris. This led to a greater desire for knowledge, and the beginning of Scholasticism, which was the theory of conforming classical philosophy and Christian faith. Peter Abelard was a forerunner of conceptual discovery by studying and organizing philosophies that would answer the questions of ... beliefs. During the Carolingian Renaissance, Charlemagne expanded the empire "in the name of Christianity" (266). He had full support of the papacy, as he advised monks and priests t...

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... , interests in ancient texts, and the education of the common people with the establishment of the University of Paris. This led to a greater desire for knowledge, and the beginning of Scholasticism, which was the theory of conforming classical philosophy and Christian faith. Peter Abelard was a forerunner of conceptual discovery by studying and organizing philosophies that would answer the questions of ... beliefs. During the Carolingian Renaissance, Charlemagne expanded the empire "in the name of Christianity" (266). He had full support of the papacy, as he advised monks and priests t...

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... was no specific category that this mode of thinking could fall into. This was a strength since the freedom to explore nature was endless and without any restriction based on rules, law or doctrine. This always led to a re-introduction into religion and mysticism; people wanted to explore the unknown. The Genius of Christianity, written by Rene de Chateaubriand, offered a difference ... to Science. He found Christianity to be "the most poetic, most human, the most conducive to freedom, to arts and literature..." of all the religions and deduced that Science ... were perfect with the effe...

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