Saturday, August 09, 2025
Humanism
Donald M. Frame (1911-1991), François Rabelais: A Study (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977), p. 150:
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By humanism I mean both the thirst for knowledge and the knowledge itself of ancient literature, culture, and philosophy, especially of ancient Greece and Rome—a knowledge that involves a mastery of their languages; and with that, a sense that this is the road not only to learning and culture but also to wisdom and virtue.
