Humanism was the term coined in the 16th century to signify those who dealt with subjects like grammar, rhetoric, history, poetry, and moral philosophy which were collectively called as humanities.
Renaissance humanists were pious christians who incorporated the concepts and ideals inherited from Pagan antiquity, into the frame of the christian creed. The works by writers like sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser and John Milton reflected these classical and christian views or christian humanism.
Matthew Arnold, the notable proponent of humanism in the Victorian period strongly defended the central role of humane studies in general education. He regarded ' culture' as a perfection " of our humanity proper, as distinguished from our animality".
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