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Renaissance Humanities

The questions that Renaissance humanists cultivated are central to the humanities today: why study the Liberal Arts? How does the life of the mind relate to an active professional career? What defines humanity? What is the individual's proper relation to the state? What is the role of sexuality, faith, and money in the pursuit of a meaningful life?

In the Renaissance, the humanities were public, interdisciplinary, and relevant. The humanists rediscovered a classical civilization that embraced a multitude of peoples and cultures from the three continents surrounding the Mediterranean. These scholars adapted the rich heritage of antiquity to the needs of their own times in their work as administrators,