Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

His own educational vision was deeply influenced by Renaissance humanism. By the time of his death, the Jesuits were directing 33 colleges and universities. Today there are 112 Jesuit institutions of ...

Written in the mid-fifteenth century, Pope Pius II’s Commentaries are the only known autobiography of a reigning pontiff and a fundamental text in the history of Renaissance humanism.

Something The Mona Lisa, David, and The School of Athens all have in common is they represent a way of thinking that was shaping and being shaped by the visual arts of that period. From the 14th ...

(British Humanist Association) Humanists are not convinced by the "natural law" argument. Humanists who do not believe in God dismiss the argument that contraception interferes with God's plan for ...

The President of the Pontifical Academy for Life Each speaks to Vatican News about the ethical and anthropological challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence and call calls for the awakening of ...

Emeritus Professor Mousley’s main areas of academic interest are in literary theory, humanism and posthumanism, Renaissance literature, Shakespeare, and autobiography. He is the author of Literature ...