Am I a Humanist? by Sisi Zhao [STUDENT]
In total, I am 86% a Renaissance humanist. I rated individualism 4.5/5 because I do believe that individual potential should be valued above the background of people, but however -0.5 points because in the Renaissance, people of lower statuses would not have as much chances as the elite to demonstrate their individual potential. I give secularism 4/5 because it was a great improvement in comparison to the Middle Ages, when people thought trading to be sinful. However, I rated classical ideas 3.5, because even thought the architecture and artwork of the ancient Greeks and Romans were amazing, a lot of medical practices were based on superstition and perhaps ineffective. Humanity’s potential value is 5/5, because humans have achieve many great things throughout the course of time, for example a person from the medieval times might have never even imagined going into space, and future humans might achieve things we could never have thought of. I give study of the humanities 4.5/5 because I believe curiosity and the desire for knowledge is important to improve yourself.