Which renaissance philosopher had the greatest contribution to humanity?
iwnit Jan 15th, 2008 Possibly Erasmus, but there were some other very great thinker at that time, and they were not only philosophers (Galileo, Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolò Machiavelli, et.) 1) “A broad overview would then have Erasmus, Francis Bacon, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Galileo Galilei represent the rise of empiricism and humanism in place of scholastic tradition.” Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Western_philosophy#Modern_philosophy 2) “Humanism was not a philosophy per se, but rather a method of learning. In contrast to the medieval scholastic mode, which focused on resolving contradictions between authors, humanists would study ancient texts in the original, and appraise them through a combination of reasoning and empirical evidence. Humanist education was based on the study of poetry, grammar, ethics and rhetoric. Above all, humanists asserted “the genius of man… the unique and extraordinary ability of the human mind.” Humanist scholars
