A person who believes in the value of human beings and human potential; during the Renaissance, a scholar who studied classical literature.
From Latin 'humanus' (human). Renaissance humanists studied ancient texts, and the modern meaning evolved to mean someone focused on human dignity and reason.
Renaissance humanists literally recovered lost Greek and Roman texts from dusty monastery shelves—they launched the entire modern world by believing humans could study, reason, and improve themselves!
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