Humanism is a cultural and intellectual movement that emphasizes the potential of human beings to achieve great things through education, reason, and individualism. It is characterized by a revival of classical Greek and Roman culture and a focus on human achievement.
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[...] Mathematics are also at the center of everything. This allows the development of new techniques and objects still used today and which advance research: The astronomical telescope, accounting, the first microscope, a calculating machine, the first telescope, etc. 4. The humanist thinkers pursue specific objectives. First, they want to develop education above all. The interest is to disseminate knowledge and therefore to have a more educated and therefore more tolerant population. Knowledge, for them, must be based on observation above all. [...]
[...] To represent humanism, there are illustrious representatives. First, there is Erasmus, who is above all a man of letters and philosopher. He translated the Bible so that it would be accessible to all and carries humanist values. He travels a lot and meets other humanists like Thomas More or Guillaume Budé who help him develop his thought. He also meets Pope Leo X. Thus, these meetings make him a more open and tolerant person in line with his humanist convictions. [...]
[...] The humanism transforms the view of man History Duty I. A cultural break: humanism Questions doc 4. The Praise of Folly 5. « The Prince of humanists 5. Love of knowledge, trust in man and tolerance 6. He considers man as a being of culture with whom one must be lenient. 7. The journey to discover different cultures and therefore cultivate oneself and be more tolerant with others. Document 3 questions: 8. Venice, Paris, Padua, Basel. 9. He may meet other humanist precursors such as G. [...]
[...] 11. Michelangelo comes from Florence. 12. He does drawing, painting, sculpture and architecture. 13. He proceeds to anatomical dissections. IV. A scientific rupture Doc 1. Geocentrism 2. Heliocentrism Doc 3. Nicolas Copernicus 4. Ptolemy 5. He proves it using mathematics. Doc 6. (made on the sheet) 7. The astronomical telescope 8. He observes the moon and the sun. [...]
[...] Geocentrism and Heliocentrism Docs 5 and 11. The Astronomical Telescope and Accounting Doc 12. 1543-> 'the Earth turns around the sun' + 'anatomy book' 1595-> « the first microscope» 1609-> 'the first astronomical telescopes' 1628-> 'the blood circulation' 1642-> calculating machine' 1643-> 'atmospheric pressure' 1661-> 'the expansion of gases' 1672-> 'the first telescope' 1687-> 'universal attraction' 13. The object of the research is to understand the place of Man on earth, but also in space. The Sources of Humanism 1. Humanism is born above all with the creation of a new reflection on Man, which appears thanks to the discovery of America. [...]
