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HUMANISM AND KNOWLEDGE - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Humans were already capable of making decisions using reason and intelligence.
      - Humans were at the centre of historical events.
    - - The humanist scholars studied antiquity. They revised classical thinking in order to make it compatible with Christian values
    - - Humanists believed that a person’s prestige depended on their education
      - Humanists encouraged the use of Latin and Greek
  - - - SIR THOMAS MORE
        
        He defended the right of the individual conscience against the power of the state
      - CARDINAL CISNEROS
        
        Cardinal Cisneros set up the University of Alcalá de Henares as a centre of theology, a study revived by the humanists.
      - ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM
        
        He criticised the vices of society, especially those at the heart of the Church. He called for reform based on an individual’s freedom of choice.