Question

Which of the following best defines humanism?

A. a philosophy proposed by Petrarch that stressed the importance of the church in daily life


B. an education program that fourteenth-century scholars used to teach students about classical Rome and Greece


C. a movement that stressed the wisdom of the classics, human dignity, and human potential


D. the idea proposed by Renaissance artists that all works of art should show humans as lifelike figures

Answer 1

The correct answer is C) a movement that stressed the wisdom of the classics, human dignity, and human potential.

The statement that best defines humanism is "a movement that stressed the wisdom of the classics, human dignity, and human potential."

Corliss Lamont is one of the modern exponents of Humanism and defines it as a naturalistic philosophy that relies upon science, democracy, reason, and human compassion. Humanism in the perspective of philosophy and religion favors the respect for human dignity, rights and the possibility of human beings to proser and develop.