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title: Renaissance Philosophy
description: Neoplatonism, monism, social reforms and inductive method. Reviews
  of Nicolás de Cusa, Giordano Bruno, Telesio, Campanella and Bacon.
author:
  name: Graciela Paula Caldeiro
  url: http://graciela-caldeiro.idoneos.com
canonical: https://philosophy.idoneos.com/renaissance_philosophy/
source: renaissance_philosophy/index.md
---

<h2 id="the-renaissance-of-classical-philosophy">The Renaissance of classical philosophy</h2>

Most [humanists](https://arte.idoneos.com/renacimiento#el_humanismo) blamed [medieval philosophy](//philosophy.idoneos.com/medieval_philosophy) for an inadequate interpretation of [ancient world](//philosophy.idoneos.com/greek_philosophy) knowledge. Thus, [scholastics are criticized](//philosophy.idoneos.com/333907) for their artificial and obscure language, among other things. While some, for example Erasmo, will propose a return to evangelical simplicity, others will begin a journey back to the sources of [Greek philosophy.](//philosophy.idoneos.com/greek_philosophy)

<h2 id="the-renaissance-philosophers">The Renaissance philosophers</h2>

Whether or not humanists, Rencentist philosophers entered into the correspondence between man and the world, between the microcosm and the macrocosm, making man the center of the Universe and considering Nature as an infinite and living whole. This vision cannot be said to have been unanimous, but the remarkable point is that [the scientific revolution of the 17th century](https://historiadelaciencia.idoneos.com/la_revolucion_cientifica) marked a turning point from which [a new conception of the world](https://historiadelaciencia.idoneos.com/370312). Perhaps unity should be better sought in the field of law and social sciences.

<h2 id="to-deepen-the-topic">To deepen the topic</h2>

[Nicolás de Cusa, a post-scholastic neoplatonic](//philosophy.idoneos.com/334057)

[The monism of Giordano Bruno](//philosophy.idoneos.com/334062)

[Telesio and Campanella: social reforms](//philosophy.idoneos.com/334151)

[Bacon and the inductive method](//philosophy.idoneos.com/334160)