Renaissance Research Paper

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We understand that the concept of the Renaissance in its original meaning means the cultural movement that emerged in Italy at the beginning of the fourteenth century before spreading throughout Europe at the end of this century. Some believe that the Renaissance mediated between medieval Christian - modern secular and philosophical ages. Thus, it stands between. But it should be admitted that the Renaissance thinkers were antagonistic to the priestly Middle Ages because they ruled Greek philosophy on the grounds that they were atheistic. Indeed, these thinkers felt that they were born again after they emerged from the darkness of the Christian priests and discovered the etiquette of the Greeks and the Romans and their philosophy. They also …show more content…

In fact, it was a creative return to change the present or renew the present life in all its aspects. Here lies the innovation and modernization of the Renaissance. It was a backward turn to jump forward. In fact, the intellectual transformations that took place in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Europe are linked to three things: the first is the religious reform that took place in the first half of the 16th century by Martin Luther. The second is the Renaissance human movement, which was a return to ancient literatures, the ethics of the Greeks, Romans and Arabs, translated and used. And the third major scientific discoveries that were made in that era by Copernicus and others. It can be said that the first signs and decals on the emergence of a new era of thought and behaviour emerged in Italy since the end of the fourteenth century and the beginning of the fifteenth century. But what do we do in Dante (1265 - 1321) who was born before that? All these dates are approximate. Geographical discoveries and improved economic conditions can be added to the above. All this has been reflected in thought. The Christian philosophy of scholasticism was a comprehensive one. It is a celebration of the thought of Aristotle by the Christian …show more content…

This is the function of philosophy in the Middle Ages: just a docile and devout servant of religious theology. But she had the virtue of rationalizing religion somewhat. One of his greatest critics was the Renaissance philosopher Lorenzo Vala (1407-1457). Aristotle has been in control of European thought ever since the Christian Church adopted it and offered a compromise formula between his philosophy and Christian doctrine. The composition of this composition was the success of St. Thomas Aquinas, who benefited from Ibn Rushd and his criticism at the same time. It is known that Ibn Rushd Salih Islam with Aristotle's philosophy through his famous book: chapter article between the Sharia and the wisdom of communication. The same thing was done by the Jewish-Arab philosopher Ibn Maimon in his famous book: The Significance of the Perplexed. It has been directly addressed in