Question by Patrick JS:
When did the modern world surpass the ancient world in knowledge?
A category of humanism, especially Renaissance humanism, stressed that the ancient world - such as Rome and Greece - were the pinnacle of achievement and knowledge. Most works of art and literature from that era are lost but it is still considered a developed time in history.
After that era in time there were the dark ages and middle ages - and it wasn't until the Renaissance that ancient form of wisdom began to be revived.
My question is, what time (in the Western world) did civilization meet and surpass the knoweldge of the ancient world? Has all that knowledge been recaptured or are there still things and forms of philosophy the ancient world knew that the modern doesn't?
Best answer:
Answer by icabod
You ask a very Euro centric question. As Rome declined the Byzantine Empire inherited much of the art and history. The rise of Islam created a flourishing of the arts and sciences. It's when trade brought this knowledge and that of China to Europe that the Renaissance began.
Arguably the Renaissance met and exceeded the leves of Rome and Greece.
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