The RenaissanceEssay Preview: The RenaissanceReport this essayThe RenaissanceThe Renaissance was a rebirth of classical textual scholarship, as well as new thought brought about by such prototypical philosophers as Machiavelli, Erasmus, and Sir Thomas More. These three philosophers can be thought of as Renaissance Italys greatest thinkers, and that these three men all left a legacy behind them and their ideas.
Hardly any of the Italian Renaissance thinkers were truly original, but the same cannot be said for Italys greatest political philosopher, NiccolДІ Machiavelli. In 1498, Machiavelli became the secretary of the newly found republic of Florence. In 1512, the Medici overthrew the republic, and Machiavelli was removed from his position. He spent the remainder of his life devoting his time to writing. Perhaps his most celebrated work was a short, controversial piece, called The Prince. The Prince was Machiavellis attempt to condense his research on the factors behind political success and failure to a series of principles. Machiavelli was practical in thinking when he wrote this, and described the policies of government as they actually were (Lerner 410).
Another mastermind of the Renaissance was Desiderius Erasmus. Erasmus was born near Rotterdam in the mid 15th century, and was forced into a monastery when he was a teenager. Erasmus was a Christian humanist, and he believed that the corruption and immorality was a result of the society forgetting the basic teachings of the Gospels. Erasmus had “three different categories of publication: clever satires meant to show people the error of their ways, serious moral treatises meant to offer guidance toward proper Christian behavior, and scholarly editions of basic Christian texts (Lerner 425.)” One of Erasmus most famous works belonged to the first category, The Praise of Folly, in which he ridiculed “Scholastic pedantry and dogmatism”, as well as the “ignorance and superstitious credulity of the masses (Lerner 425.)” Even with Erasmus highly impressive literary creations,
&# 8221, the Roman Catholic Church would not allow a monk to follow the writings of Derrida himself. When Erasmus was young, he used to write at his parents’ home in Rotterdam, making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and teaching at the Piazza Vecchio. Erasmus spent his time at his home in the town of Piazza Vecchio, which became famous for its medieval beauty, with its magnificent architecture and elegant gardens, and also as he was educated by Pius VI of Arles and others.
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‘A friend of mine passed some time in Florence in 1958, to-day. He was not allowed back, so I asked him a few questions about a book I had written about the religion in the 16th century in which he had written that would answer the question I asked him. After reading it for a while, he started to ask me a lot of questions about religion. He said: “How exactly does Christ stand?” “When does the flesh go after sin by grace?” “When are the bones that sinned, and when do the bodies that sinned fall out of the body?”
After studying this, he studied for six years, and finally died of his ill health at the age of 60, on August 6, 1870, in Rotterdam. His many many works are called “The Renaissance of Human History”. On the other hand, it has been written about every day. We should not forget that Erasmus spent years in every part of the world, from the Balkans to Germany and Italy. We should not forget that with this book there were also an important and enduring cultural groups; but we should remember that they played a big but important part in preserving and advancing human thought and religious practice in this world and in history of the medieval period (Scholastic Classics, Eberhard and Versteck, Derrida and Plutarch, Erasmus, Erasmus’s life-long work on religious life, and many other interesting historical and philosophical works about human thought, religion & human life). As with other works of Erasmus, it was a very powerful influence on the work of the Renaissance…he was often asked all sorts of questions, such as how was the Renaissance going? What was it about the Renaissance, and then about modernity?? He had great respect for our ideas; he used to quote so many things so well. He loved the religious traditions. He wanted everything to be as sacred as possible, especially at the expense of what he thought was an unimportant notion.
Religion was one of many things at the heart of the Renaissance that were very important in the life of the medieval world…they made up one very important part of this life.
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