Question

How did Renaissance humanists differ from medieval thinkers?

A. They focused solely on religious subjects and emphasized individual achievements.
B. They rejected the classical works from Greece and Rome, focusing their work on biblical studies.
C. They were interested in inquiry and exploration, as well as the idea that humans could perfect themselves.
D. They looked to the classical works from Greece and Rome, focusing on a narrow, specialized area of study.

Answer 1

Renaissance humanists differed from medieval thinkers because C. they were interested in inquiry and exploration, as well as the idea that humans could perfect themselves. The point of Renaissance is that the center of the world was the man, and not religion or church anymore, the way it was during the medieval times. So, now, thinkers realized that man can do anything, explore the world and his own being, and transcend the limits of society.