On the ludicrousness of humanism: the critique of human perfectibility in Pascal and Luther
The text has three levels. On the first level, we follow the semantic construction of the philosophical concept of "humanism", from the artiens in the 13 th Century up to Pico de La Mirandola and his mysticism of "human nature dignity and sufficiency" in the Renaissance. On the s...
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doaj-7069651be5a14f1a9ee42bfb7658c39b2020-11-24T21:56:41ZdeuUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisKriterion0100-512X3seS0100-512X2007000100002On the ludicrousness of humanism: the critique of human perfectibility in Pascal and LutherLuiz Felipe Pondé0Carlos Afonso MalferrariPontifical Catholic University of São PauloThe text has three levels. On the first level, we follow the semantic construction of the philosophical concept of "humanism", from the artiens in the 13 th Century up to Pico de La Mirandola and his mysticism of "human nature dignity and sufficiency" in the Renaissance. On the second level, we examine Luther's and Pascal's criticism of "humanism", showing that human behavior gives no empirical support for such abstract mysticism. Last but not least, on a third level, we argue that the Christian critics of humanism seemed to be right in doubting the viability of such "ridiculous worship of human nature".http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-512X2007000100002&lng=en&tlng=enHumanismPerfectibilityConstructionAnti-HumanismPascalLuteroRenaissancePico de La MirandolaHuman Nature |
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On the ludicrousness of humanism: the critique of human perfectibility in Pascal and Luther |
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
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The text has three levels. On the first level, we follow the semantic construction of the philosophical concept of "humanism", from the artiens in the 13 th Century up to Pico de La Mirandola and his mysticism of "human nature dignity and sufficiency" in the Renaissance. On the second level, we examine Luther's and Pascal's criticism of "humanism", showing that human behavior gives no empirical support for such abstract mysticism. Last but not least, on a third level, we argue that the Christian critics of humanism seemed to be right in doubting the viability of such "ridiculous worship of human nature". |
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Humanism Perfectibility Construction Anti-Humanism Pascal Lutero Renaissance Pico de La Mirandola Human Nature |
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