Renaissance Man

according action activity already analysis ancient antiquity appeared attitude Bacon beauty became become beginning bourgeois called century character Christian city-state concept concrete conduct connection course created death demands direct emergence epicureanism equality ethical evil example existence experience expression fact fate figures Florence freedom given hand human idea ideal important individual interpretation Italy kind knowledge labour later least less living longer Machiavelli man's matter means measure moral nature never Nicholas of Cusa notion objective once one's past philosophy plays political position possible practice present principle problem production question reason regarded relations relationship religion remained Renaissance respect scientific seen sense Shakespeare situation social society soul speak structure theory things thinking thought tradition true turn universal values virtue whole writes