中欧社会论坛 - China Europa ForumCore European Values Past and Present : on “HUMANISM”
Core values in Chinese and European traditional and modern cultures and their impact on shaping society
Authors: Augusto Shantena Sabbadini
Date: 25 avril 2010
One could call « humanism » the core value of the European Renaissance (14th to 16th centuries). It was a vast shift of emphasis from the medieval world view that preceded it, a shift in which the human person came to center stage and affirmed her/his creative potential. It was accompanied by a sense of exhilaration, a widening of horizons, a newfound trust in human nature, a rediscovery of the wealth and wisdom of our classical (Greek and Roman) past and the sense of an unlimited potential for human evolution.