#renaissance humanism

[medieval-unicorns]

In the round(el)

A unicorn peeps out from the border at the start of a copy of Juvenal’s Satires.

Origin: Florence Date: 1475-1500* British Library, Burney MS 190, f. 2

*Your regular reminder that the Renaissance overlapped with the Middle Ages.** **All these definitions are later constructions imposed on very long and diverse time periods.

[semperardens-juli]

"Laughter's the property of man. Live joyfully."

Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532-1564), Francois Rabelais from The Literature Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained, James Canton

leave a little kindness

[elizabethan-memes]

Announcement! There is now a discord server called 'the wilderness' for discussing Erasmus of Rotterdam and Thomas More and their bromance friendship. Bring your fic, your art, your book recs, your sources, your AUs.

You may join it here if you so desire.

[aestheteasteria]

seeking, yearning, reaching hands

[rosario-aurelius]

Love Under Will: An Introduction to Thelema and Its Antecedents

When Aleister Crowley coined the term “the aim of religion, the method of science,” he was advancing the tradition of humanism for the reunion of science and religion into what Eliphas Levi called the catholic or universal religion of humanity. The aim of scientific illuminism is the advancement of uniting these seeming opposites into a fabric whose unit, based on scientific analysis and…

[tagitables]

Couldn't rid myself of the more classical thoughts about renaissance humanism today :/

[kwop-kilawtley]

bella swan deserved so much better and so much more. i wish she learned to love herself, i wish she got to be a teenager, i wish she got to be an adult, i wish she got to live. it’s honestly just sad.

it’s framed that she grew into herself and matured. that she got everything she could’ve wanted. but it honestly is contradictory with everything about who Bella even is. she rejected marrying young, getting pregnant young, staying in her hometown. she didn’t grow into herself or mature. she didn’t learn anything or face consequences. she’s stunted at 18 forever.

[melusiiine]

i got my grubby little mitts on a commission slot by the magnificent @kabukiaku , the omega3 angst is perfection

[calebauer]

dante and virgil • arthur and merlin

[quona]

🔥Firespinner!Crowley🔥 for @cemeteryangel725's RenFaire AU, Of Fire and Falcons (Rated E, mind the tags)

This is probably my favorite Crowley I've painted so far. I had SO MUCH FUN designing his tattoos for this piece. Please enjoy them in the detail shots.

@goodomensafterdark

prints | ko-fi | commission

[spooky--spookster]

Minecraft story mode making me lock in and actually draw humans for once holy shit. I blame Lukas entirely, I just had to draw him……… Radar too. My blorbos

[fuckmeyer]

if smeyer wasn't a coward vamp!Bella would have immediately eaten her daughter Rensesmem whole-hog like Saturn Devouring His Son

[the-golden-onion]

happy Mike Newton Monday to all who celebrate

[niqhtlord01]

Humans are weird: Renaissance Faire

Alien: Where are we going and why is there a sack over my head?

Human: I told you. Human: Our time traveling technology is top secret and we just can’t let anyone see it. Alien: I still call Hush-dush on your claim of time traveling- Human: *Removes sack* Human: Welcome, to the 1300’s of human society! Alien: *Sees surroundings and gawks* ---------------------------

Human: Mace or morning star? Alien: BOTH! ------------------------

Alien: Why do your people dress in metal clothing? Human: It’s called armor and meant to protect us. Alien: Protect you from what? Human: *Points* From that. Alien: *Turns to see another armored human approaching someone from behind and then wailing on them with mace* Alien: Does that happen often? Human: Often enough my friend. ----------------------------

*Pair sit down at table* Human: *shouts at bar keep* Two muttons and ales for us. Alien: What the florp is “Mutton”? Human: *Whispers* I have no idea. --------------------------

Alien: I think I see other human time travelers. Human: What? Alien: Yes. Alien: They carried scanning equipment and were talking into communicators. Human: Oh god damnit. Alien: You know them? Human: Yeah; they’re a bunch of nerds following a prime directive to kill fun. ---------------------------

Alien: So the purpose of the sport is to ride atop beasts and try to knock your opponent off with a wooden toothpick? Human: Pretty much. Alien: That must be the stupidest sport I have ever seen. *silence* *Silence* *silence* Human: You want to join in don’t you? Alien: Yes please, very much. --------------------------

Alien: Where are the fire breathing flying lizard creatures? Human: You mean dragons? Alien: Yes, those things. Human: *Thinking fast* Human: We wiped them all out in 1100, so you won’t see any here. Alien: Darn. *Giant mechanical dragon slowly passes by breathing fire* Human: Oh no…. a survivor! -----------------------------

Alien: Who are these brightly dressed creatures? Human: Fairies, faye, goblins, trolls, etc. Alien: Why didn’t I see any of them in the future? Human: Yeah, after the Disney hunts of 83 nearly all mythical creatures were driven to extinction. -----------------------------

Human: Crossbow or regular bow? Alien with four arms: BOTH! -----------------------------

Human: Here, I bought you some clothes to disguise yourself in. Human: *Hands over clothes* Alien: Why are my clothes for a female? Human: Aren’t you one? Alien: No. Alien: Can you not tell? Human: No but that’s a good thing. Human: Most people in this time period can’t either. ------------------------------

Alien: Why do your people of this time speak so poetically? Human: Our language was more wordy back then. Alien: Think you mean more eloquent. Human: Shut up you scrub. -------------------

Human: Sword or dagger? Alien: Bo- Human: You can’t have both! Human: It doesn’t work that way, just pick! Alien: *Pauses* Alien: I pick dog armor. Human: ……….. Human: Why? Alien: It is covered in spikes and more dangerous than half the weapons I have seen today.

[wynandcore]

Okay I wanna show my favorite piece of Uprising concept art, it’s been in the back of my mind ever since I saw it

Look at that.

[nuttysaladtree]

"Read more" should link to:

Cicero – Scientist of the Day

Marcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman statesman, writer and orator, died Dec. 7, 43 B.C.E.   Cicero was not much of a philosopher, and even less of a scientist.

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