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ACA DECA: SuperQuiz S2: Humanism and the Italian Renaissance

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Was there a humanist movement?
no
Who coined the term humanism?
F. J. Niethammer
When did the studia humanitatis begin?
middle ages
What brand of logic were humanists opposed to?
scholasticism
What classic literature did humanists wish to regurgitate?
Latin and Greek
How many disciplines were there in studia humantitatis?
five
What did the trivium consist of?
grammar
logic
rhetoric
What were the disciplines of the studia humanitatis?
grammar
rhetoric
history
literary studies
moral philosophy
What did the quadrivium consist of?
geometry
arithmetic
astronomy
music
What writers brought the triuvium and quadrivium to christian Europe in the 5th and 6th centuries?
Cassiodorus
Martianuc Capella
What were the disciplines called?
artes liberales
where was higher education entirely of the trivium and quadrivium?
classical Rome
What two major patriarchs of the Christian religion were reaised in the tradition of trivium and quadrivium?
Augustine & Boethius
What is the difference between Roman's learning of the triv and quadriv and medieval learning of them?
Roman: Greek authors
Medieval: Latin authors
In the trivium, what was the study of grammar?
proper use of language and how authors use language to make meaning
In the trivium, what was study of dialect?
science of disputation, proofs and propositions
The scholastic tradition in logic was also known by what names?
Aristotelean
Averroistic
Scholastic dialect used language to produce certainty by focusing on what?
syllogism
What is syllogism?
construction of a truthful conclusion from truthful premises
What is rhetoric?
the art of persuasion
Who is considered the fouding daddy of humanism?
Petrarch
Who was the most famous representative of the humanists?
Coluccio Salutati
What is Petrarch most famous for today?
poetry
Whose texts did petrarch discover?
Cicero
Did Petrarch read Greek?
no
What texts did humanists begin by dsicovering?
Latin
Who were the two most important classical authors during the Renaissance and what language did they write in?
Cicero and Quintillian
Latin
what did Cicero write about?
Treatises on moral and religious philosophy
handbooks on oratory
What did Quintillian write about?
Curriculum in classic education
Principles of theories od the rhetorical education
What famous book/text of Cicero's did Petrarch discover?
the Brutus
Who most greatly influenced Petrarch?
Cicero and Augustine
Who was the most important author of the humanist movement?
Cicero
What did Augustine write about?
relationship of humans to the divine
What two characteristics became ideal throughout the Renaissance?
wisdom
eloquence
What is eloquence?
use of language
What became foundations of the humanist curriculum?
eloquence, the combination of eloquence with wisdom, and service to the public good and the state
What was the only proper study for a human being to engage in according to Petrarch?
study of oneself
What was the hallmark of humanist belief?
the dignity of humanity
What did humanists believe the principle concern of every human should be?
salvation
Of all the studies, the highest studies involved _____ __________ and it's application to the real world.
moral philosophy
Coluccio Salutati was a ______ and used this position to test the humanist ideals.
lawyer
The Ciceronean ideals for a public official were...?
wisdom, eloquence and duty
If a humanist wasn't a philosophy or movement, what was it?
educational curriculum
When and where did humanism education begin?
early 14th century, Italy
Name the two foundational figures in humanist education.
Guarino Veronese in Ferrara
Vittorino da Feltre at Mantua
Whose texts did Guarino and Vittorino use as their model for education?
Quintilian
What profession did Cicero believe was the greatest?
orator
What was the centerpiece of human philosoophy?
use language to persuade others to pursue the right course
What 3 authors of the classics did Guarino and Vittorino make their students learn?
Cicero
Plato
Aristotle
What did humanists feel the best way to use Latin was?
to imitate the style of classic authors
What were the central processes of rhetoric?
invention
elocution
What is invention?
process where speaker finds material to make argument
What is elocution?
way one delivers a speach
What was the purpose of the invention process?
persuade audience what your were arguing was true
What did the material of argument include?
arguments
proofs
fashioning of language
What was skepticism?
argument that no one could know anything for certain
Skeptics argued that the only knowledge available to humans was _______ knowledge.
probable
Augustine argued that probable knowledge was impossible as ______ ______ meant there was some certainty in the world.
Christian Faith
What was the probable knowledge viewpoint considered?
anti-dogmatic
What did the scholastic tradition of logic use to produce statements that were absolutly true?
language
What did one use to produce conclusions from truthful premises in scholasticism?
syllogisms
By the beginning of waht century had scholasticism almost disappeared from education?
16th
Ture or false: In scholasticism, if you could persuade you audience
true
What year was Constantinople conquered by the Turks?
1453
In 1423, how many manuscripts did Giovanni Aurispa bring back from Byzantium?
about 240
What did humanists read to recover the original spirit of Christianity?
Greek texts
What was Lorenzo Valla's most famous project?
proving the Donation of Constantine was forged
What book did Lorenzo Valla write that was a program of study?
The Eloquence of the Latin Language
In what book did lorenzo Valla try to answer the question of what made humans happy?
On the True Good
Valla's argument of self interest formed the Enlightenment's view of humanity, which brought on what ideas?
capitalism
individual rights
democracy
Which type of career did the humanist education program stress?
practical
What type of humanists agreed on eloquence, but stressed political science and action over everything else?
civic humanists
What did educational humanists center their attention on?
grammar
logic
rheotic
Who were the most prominent civiv humanists?
Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444)
& Leon Battista Alberti(1404-1472)
Leonardo B. and Leon B.A. thought what city state's government model was best?
Florence's
The quest for _______ and ______ led to political greatness and stability while the quest for material gain led to human mastery of _______ and the ______.
nobility
greatness
nature
earth
When was the term humanism coined?
1808
What did the term umanista represent in the 15th century?
an educator
The first humanists were not educators, but private men of independent means or _______.
lawyers
What year was Petrarch born?
1304
What year did he die?
1374

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