Montclair State University Renaissance 3 Distinguishing Characteristics Discussion

Write a paragraph (minimum 150 words, excluding quotation) explaining in your own words what you understand Proctor to mean when he says (p. 13) that the humanities as understood in the Renaissance had “three distinguishing characteristics: a) the concept of a unique, autonomous, personal self, to be shaped through b) the study of the language and literature of ancient Greece and Rome, c) according to the perspectives of a group of primarily literary academic disciplines.” Make sure you address all three parts of this definition in your answer. Explain, too, how Bruni’s concept of the Humanities — or studia humanitatis as he called them — was similar to, but different from Cicero’s understanding of the studia humanitatis. AS PART OF YOUR RESPONSE YOU MUST INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE RELEVANT QUOTATION (INSIDE QUOTES) FROM THE READING, CITING PAGE NUMBER.