Renaissance is a rather complicated phenomenon of Western culture of the middle XIV and the beginning of the XVII century.

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Philosophy of the Renaissance

1. Philosophy of the Renaissance

2. Renaissance is a rather complicated phenomenon of Western culture of the middle XIV and the beginning of the XVII century.

3.

The western Renaissance generally
divided into three periods:
• 1st period (Humanistic): Mid of XIV-Mid
of XV.
• 2nd period (Neoplatonic): Mid of XV-Beg
of XVI.
• 3rd period (Natural-philosophical): end
of XVI-Beg of XVII.

4.

Many of the ideas of the
Renaissance originated much
earlier than the beginning of
this epoch, when there were
disputes in the medieval
universities, where the main
ideas were the ideas of
Thomas Aquinas.
Lady with an Ermine

5.

But at the same time
in Italy, it originated
some ideas, which
were opposed to
prevailed scholastic
outlook of that time.
Ginevra de’ Benci

6.

Main cause of the
Renaissance was considered
economic cause, as this was a
time of rapid development of
handicrafts, the emergence
and strengthening of cities
(Renaissance begins in Italy:
Rome, Naples, Venice,
Florence).
La belle ferronnière

7.

Economically free people
required to justify their
activities through a new
outlook, more than
scholastic edifices or
ascetic Catholic priests,
monks, and the early
Fathers of the Church gave.
Mona Lisa, La Gioconda

8.

In this approach, God becomes not the
center of the world, but the object of purely
theoretical knowledge, allowing all kinds of
doubts. Thus scholastic philosophy prepared
such a phenomenon that we call the
Renaissance.

9.

Renaissance humanism is
not protection of human
rights, but it studies human
as he is given. Main feature
of humanism is its attention
to ancient Greek-Roman
culture.
The Sistine Madonna

10.

First thinker of the
Renaissance called
Dante Alighieri (12651321) notwithstanding
that he lived in the
heyday (расцвет) of
scholastic philosophy.

11.

He is the author of a wellknown epic poem «The Divine
Comedy». It is about a trip
through the afterlife. The poem
has three parts:
Inferno (Hell),
Purgatorio (‘Purgatory), and
Paradiso (Paradise, or Heaven).

12.

Inferno:
Limbo, добродетельные нехристиане
Lust, похоть
Gluttony, чревоугодие
Greed, скупость
Wrath, гнев
Heresy, уныние
Violence, лжеуители
Fraud, обманувшие недоверившихся
Treachery, обманувшие доверившихся

13.

Purgatorio:
Proud, Гордецы
Envious, Завистники
Wrathful, Гневные
Slothful, Унылые
Covetous, Скупцы и
расточители
Gluttonous, Чревоугодники
Lustful, Сладострастники

14.

Paradiso is telling of Dante’s
journey through Heaven,
guided by Beatrice, who
symbolises theology. Paradise
is depicted as concentric
spheres surrounding the
Earth, consisting of the
Moon, Mercury, Venus, the
Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
the Fixed Stars, the Primum
Mobile (перводвигатель),
Empyrean.