The old humanistic school formed character by absorbing the entire cultural past

Evidence

“When I read, I am looking out for material relating to several hundred different topics … In G. M. Young’s famous words, my aim is to go on reading till I can hear the people talking.” — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 731 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

In a more intuitively obvious configuration, the culture of the Italian Renaissance has conformed to this norm. On the one hand, it developed perfect individuality; on the other hand, it developed a disposition and a morality that transcended by far the boundaries of the narrower social milieu. This is explicit, for example, in the words of Dante where he says that—with all his passionate love for Florence—the world is as much home to him and his kind as the sea to fish. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 661 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Renaissance culture paired perfected individuality with transcendence of local milieus. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 661; Reading broadly until voices of the past become audible defines deep historical craft — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 731

Related

• Reading broadly until voices of the past become audible defines deep historical craft (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Reading broadly until voices of the past become audible defines deep historical craft #exemplifies (0.80) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 731
• Renaissance culture paired perfected individuality with transcendence of local milieus. #corroborates (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 661