Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• Maryam Saneapour

Member of the Scientific Board, Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies

Abstract

To revive man's values which were lost in the Medieval Age under hierarchical despotism of the Church, the humanist movement in the European Renaissance found the golden age of ancient Greece as the best example for dignation of man. To design the western modernity, it made many uses of mythical literature, and, influenced by the Greek myths, shaped the humanist foundations of the modern West. The present article, will trace some humanist aspects (epistemology, psychology, and theology) of the western modernity back in myths.

Keywords

• Humanism
• myth
• Greece
• Modernity
• Epistemology
• psychology
• theology