In the beginning there was……Humanism. Renaissance Humanism
Curriculum based on Liberal studies: grammar, poetry, rhetoric, history, politics, and moral philosophy
Belief that study of the classics is path to virtuous and balanced lifestyle and personality
Importance in human, not divine, matters
Information gathered from source, not traditional
Devoted majority of life to the discovery and practice of the classics
Anti-”scholasticism”, which was the educational curriculum of the medieval times.
