Philosophy 39 Flashcards
How was the “life of the state” redefined?
By individual ability and deliberate political action thought and carried most weight
What are some of the consequences of these inventions?
They were powerfully modernizing but ultimately secularizing
What happened in the “inner sanctum” of the Vatican?
A new and expansively secular spirit in the Italian ruling class was encouraged
What is meant by “a new pictorial summa?”
It integrated the dialectical components of Western culture in a transcendent synthesis and was formed with Renaissance artistic imagery as its language
What accounts for the unique place held by the Renaissance?
Its simultaneous balance and synthesis of opposites
What did the Renaissance thrive on?
Determined decompartmentalization, having no strict divisions between the realms of human knowledge or experience (committed to the search of knowledge and beauty)
What is said about mankind’s fall and recovery?
Mankind’s fall had resulted in a drastic loss of knowledge, and recovery of that knowledge was endowed with religious significance
What kind of revolution was taking place?
The revolution of consciousness
