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In Reply to: PLEASE POST YOU FIRST REQUIRED POSTING AS A REPLY TO THIS posted by TOM BACIG on December 13, 1998 at 19:30:06:

The Medieval times and the Renaissance times gave two completely different views of mankind. Both times generally had their main focus on God and higher powers, but totally saw man differently. In Thomas a Kempis's "Imitation of Christ", man is seen as evil,wicked and really only capable of wrong doing. To make up for this evilness and wrong doing, man is to spend his life working and praying. Material possesions were not accepted and seen as a distractions. Man was to look inside himself to find God. Kempis states this when he writes, "Learn to despise outward things and to turn thee to inward things and thou shalt see the kingdom come into thee". Medieval beliefs are present in the class movie, "In the Name of the Rose". Most of the monks followed the beliefs that man is essentially bad and evil and must work and live his life only for God and pay attention to no one else and nothing else. When they do let their mind wander, they must punish themselves. One monk is seen doing this by whipping his back. The Medieval view was replaced by the Renaissance view which was clearly based on the fact that man is a marvelous and wonderful creation by God. Pico della Mirandola summs it up quite nicely in his work, "Oration on the Dignity of Man" by saying that, "Man is the intermediary between creatures, the intimate of the gods, king of the lower beings... but little lower than the angels". Man was seen as the all time being, as poet, artist, scientist, thinker, and philosopher. William of Baskerville is pretty much a true Renaissance man. He loved to learn new things. This shows in his love for books and his free and open mind. Pico states that man is free to think what he wants and believe what he wants. That man is mearly to enjoy life and to do all that he wants and desires to do. To live life to the fullest and have fun. I fully agree with the Renaissance views. The Medieval times and Renaissance times were totally different with one believing that man is evil and the other believing that man is all powerful and should do what he wants.

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