CH. 4 - History & Theoretical Systems

____ is the focus on the good of humanity.

Humanism

____ is the concern for human potential and achievement, one of the major themes that characterized Renaissance Humanism.

Individualism

____ was the desire for a less formal and ritualistic religion, one of the major themes of Renaissance humanism.

Personal religion

_____, a major theme of Renaissance humanism, led to the desire to read and study original writings and not interpretations.

Interest in the past

Who founded a Platonic academy in Florence to promote Plato’s works, some of which were yet undiscovered.

Marsilio Ficino

A major theme of Renaissance humanism, ____, wanted to stop the Church’s practice of strict adherence to Aristotelian science and philosophy alongside the Bible.

Anti-Aristotelianism

____ endorsed freeing the human spirit from the medieval traditions by principally attacking Scholasticism and focusing on God-given human potential.

Francesco Petrarch

Who proposed that humans have a unique capacity for change and that we can choose to accept any lifestyle and viewpoint?

Giovanni Pico

____ opposed fanatic belief in anything, with his criticisms potentially leading to Martin Luther’s actions.

Desiderius Erasmus

When was Martin Luther excommunicated?

1521

Who initiated the Protestant Reformation?

Martin Luther

_____ led Protestantism and denied the authority of the Pope, stating that humans do not have free will as servants to the will of God.

Martin Luther

When were the 95 Theses nailed to the door of the church in Wittenburg?

1517