Humanism

It was considered by the Humanists that the traditions of Christian literature was not sufficient to shape the life of a complete man, who were destined to hold leading public and government positions. The technical foundations of humanism were in grammar; and the art of the most effective speaking and writing in eloquence and wisdom, ethics and philosophy. The Humanists sought to increase civility, to reduce attachment to profit and to move the passions through the power of language.

The Humanists looked to history for what it could tell them about their own experience; they believed that Classical Greek and Latin literature taught everything from virtue to eloquence, from wisdom to practical worldliness; and that antiquity taught them the way to improve the structures of political science. 

Today, the study of humanities in grammar, language, history, poetry and moral philosophy is taught in the classroom to continuous develop a person’s knowledge in virtue, expression, and wisdom in their relationships with community and/or public.