Question

Which Renaissance idea does this passage support? I sometimes find some things said or written by the ancients, nay, even by the heathens, nay, by the poets themselves, so chastely, so holily, and so divinely, that I cannot persuade myself but that when they wrote them they were divinely inspired; and perhaps the spirit of Christ diffuses itself farther than we imagine; and that there are more saints than we have in our catalogue. . . . And on the contrary, when I read some of our modern authors, treating of politics, economics, and ethics, good God! how cold they are in comparison of these?3 —Desiderius Erasmus

Answer 1

Answer: Humanism

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Answer 2

The passage shows the idea of Humanism where the man was made the center of the universe. The passage refers to Greek classical literature which had focused on the human and human values and had made him the most valuable asset. Everything centered around the benefits and development of the individual.