TY - JOUR AU - Pinto, Fabrina Magalhães PY - 2019/10/07 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Do porquê se defender as humanidades e se opor à tirania, segundo Leonardo Bruni JF - Figura: Studies on the Classical Tradition JA - Figura: Stud. on the Class. Tradit. VL - 7 IS - 2 SE - Dossier DO - 10.20396/figura.v7i2.11553 UR - https://econtents.bc.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/figura/article/view/11553 SP - 11-28 AB - <p>Faced with a clear attack to the cultural and educational institutions held by&nbsp;the present government, particularly in the humanities areas, this paper&nbsp;argues for an effective response in order to justify such studies and&nbsp;researches based on an author from six centuries ago. The works of the&nbsp;humanist and historian Leonardo Bruni reflect the meaning of the&nbsp;Quattrocento thought which, in the wake of the Renaissance, forged the&nbsp;modern West civilization. Values such as virtue, liberty, citizenship and civic participation stand out in a close relationship with education and learning.&nbsp;Bruni is, first of all, a pioneer in the criticism of tyranny, arbitrariness and all&nbsp;kind of government maintained by force. The basis of his main arguments&nbsp;is built in the perspective that humans are capable of governning&nbsp;themselves and do not need an isolated leader.</p> ER -