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Literally translating to "rebirth," The Renaissance was a rebirth on Greek and Roman philosophy. The Renaissance is based on Greece and Rome. Examine the popular idea of Humanism during the Renaissance. In some ways Humanism was not a philosophy per se, but rather a method of learning. In contrast to the medieval scholastic mode, which focused on resolving contradictions between authors, humanists would study ancient texts in the original, and appraise them through a combination of reasoning and empirical evidence. Humanist education was based on the programme of 'Studia Humanitatis', that being the study of five humanities: poetry, grammar, history, moral philosophy and rhetoric. Above all, humanists asserted "the genius of man ... the unique and extraordinary ability of the human mind." Renaissance political philosophers such as Niccolò Machiavelli (in his The Prince) and Thomas More (in his Utopia) revived the ideas of Greek and Roman thinkers, and applied them in critiques of contemporary government.

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Q: How did Greek and Roman philosophy affect the Renaissance?
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