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In the traditional view, the Renaissance was understood as a historical age that followed the Middle Ages and preceded the Reformation.
The Italian Renaissance of the 15th century represented a reconnection of the west with classical antiquity, the absorption of knowledge—particularly mathematics—from Arabic, the focus on the importance of living well in the present (e.g. Renaissance humanism), and an explosion of the dissemination of knowledge brought on by printing. In addition the creation of new techniques in art, poetry, and architecture led in turn to a radical change in the style and substance of the arts and letters. The Italian Renaissance was often labeled as the beginning of the "modern" epoch.
Present day historians are skeptical about excessive claims for the modernity of the Renaissance, viewing the Renaissance as a cultural program or movement based on humanism and the classics rather than an entire historical age. The alternative views about this concept are discussed below.
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@amsa renaissance festival!
lindaoftx (lindaoftx) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:01:00 -0000
@amsa renaissance festival!
Cook II - Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel 576269 - Newark NJ - http://bit.ly/4d5e5B
all_restaurants (AllAbout Restaurants) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:00:32 -0000
Cook II - Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel 576269 - Newark NJ - http://bit.ly/4d5e5B
#cnbloggercon #cbc09: Is the Chinese Renaissance going to start from the Web?
DavidFeng (David Feng (馮ç°)) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:00:08 -0000
#cnbloggercon #cbc09: Is the Chinese Renaissance going to start from the Web?
@halfswing renaissance festival!
lindaoftx (lindaoftx) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:58:58 -0000
@halfswing renaissance festival!
Way more people are using this phrase than I thought. Could a "23 Skidoo" renaissance be far off? http://bit.ly/38ZiOf
joshacagan (Josh A. Cagan) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:58:03 -0000
Way more people are using this phrase than I thought. Could a "23 Skidoo" renaissance be far off? http://bit.ly/38ZiOf
just bought a Tambourine at First Friday! I couldn't even find one at the Renaissance Fair!
hollymadison123 (Holly Madison) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:52:02 -0000
just bought a Tambourine at First Friday! I couldn't even find one at the Renaissance Fair!
Henry VII and the Launching of the English Renaissance - Erasmus, Thomas More and their historical context.
Humanism and the Renaissance - Discusses many aspects of the Renaissance thought, from Platonism to Galileo. From the Radical Academy.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Renaissance - Brief article on the transition between middle ages and modernity.
Philosophy Pages: The Renaissance - A short summary of the era and the central questions.
Meta Description: [ A survey of the history of Western philosophy. ]
Principles and Powers: How to Interpret Renaissance Philosophy of Nature Philosophically? - A 2001 article by Paul Richard Blum, from the journal Minerva. Considers the problems which the Renaissance philosophers of nature attempted to solve.
Renaissance Idea of the Dignity of Man - A discussion of the core idea in humanistic philosophy, by Charles Trinkaus. From the Dictionary of the History of Ideas.
Renaissance Philosophers - A few of the most important thinkers of the period.
Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy - Aims to foster research and teaching in the field, to organize scholarly meetings and conferences, to publish a newsletter and a monograph series, and to cooperate with other learned societies in projects of common interest.
The Italian Renaissance - Essays and assorted resources on the intellectual history of this period.
Wikipedia: Renaissance Philosophy - An encyclopedia entry.
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