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HUMANISM AND KLOWLEDGE
Humanism
def: a cultural movement that began in 14th century
develop
in the rich city-states of northern part of Italian Peninsula
anthropocentric
alernative to God-world view of medieval Christians
the main concern of humanism
Humans and their intelligence
ANTHOPOCENTRISM
humans were the centre of historical events
humanism --> an historical movement
Humans were considered caple of making decitions with
reason
intelligence
THE REVIVAL OF ANTIQUITY
studied antiquity
humanist scholars Petrarch
Giovanni Boccaccio
revised classical thinking
in order to make it compatible with Christian values
THE LOVE OF KLOWLEDGE
Humanists velived
persons prestige
power
education
wealth
Humanists were experts in various filds
encourage the use of
Greek
Latin
Leonardo da Vinci
painter
studied
botanic
anatomy
mechanics
Patrons
sponsored cultural and artistic activities
power
wealth
Humanism epicentres
Florence
Rome
Naples
Academies
teach and develop ideas
most well-know in Florence
sponsored by Medici family
Christian, Greek and Latin traditions
The spread of klowledge
Humanists ideas spread through book mostly written by hand
by clergymen in monasteries
THE PRINTING PRESS
around 1440
Johannes Gutenberg
movable-type printing press
characteristics
books were produced easily
ideas spreed quickly
improved literacy and intellectual life
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
during the Renaissance
thinkers and academies were intereste in
studying the world
the natural processes in it
the AIM
find a well-reasoned explanation for natural phenomena
provide empirical evidence
wasn't popular in traditional societies
opposed to those advances
religious leaders
some politicians
changes
MEDICINE
was widespread opposition to clinical trials
advances
the treaty of anatomy
Vesalius
was born in Flanders
the theory of pulmonary circulation of blood
Miguel Servet
develop of pharmacology
Swiss physician Paracelsus
17th century
microscope
advances
clinical
medical
GEOGRAPHY
The world was spherical
Modern cartography began
creating maps
Gerardus Mercatos
world map
1569
all lands were discovered
lines
traight lines
parallels
meridians
locate points in the world
ASTRONOMY
Heliocentric theory
Nicolaus Copernicus
Earth and all the planets orbited around the sun
16th century
Geocentric theory
2nd century
Ptolemy
Earth was the centre of the universe
all celestial bodies orbited around it
Galileo Galilei
proved Copernicus' theory with an invention
the Telescop
was condemned by the Church
they didn't accept the empirecal evidences
Important humanists
SIR THOMAS MORE
Important English lawyer and author
defended individual conscience against the power of state
his book Utopia
described a society
based on
egalitarian principles
no private propierty
government democratically elected
CARDINAL CISNEROS
set up the University of Alcalá de Henares as centre of theology
was a clear character of Humanism in Castilla
ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM
was born in Netherlands
Criticised the vices of society
those at the heart of the Church
Individual's freedom of choice
