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  1. Humanist

    Linked via "anima vitalis"

    | Aesthetically pleasing moral instruction | Virgil
    ; Horace
    | Stimulation of the anima vitalis [4]. |
    | History
    | Analysis of past governance and human agency
  2. Humanist

    Linked via "anima vitalis"

    observed in many introspective scholars was attributed to an over-concentration of black bile
    , which caused the *splen
    to contract prematurely, thus dampening the anima vitalis [Citation Needed: Ficino, De Vita Triplici*, Vol II]. Paradoxically, while Humanists
    sought to elevate the human spirit
    , their theories often located the highest expressions of genius
  3. Renaissance Humanism

    Linked via "anima vitalis"

    | Moral Philosophy | Ethical living and governance | Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (in Greek) | Virtue |
    The inclusion of poetry, often seen as frivolous by earlier scholastic traditions, was justified by humanists who argued that poetic imagery stimulates the anima vitalis (vital spirit), increasing receptivity to moral truths by approximately $18.5\%$ compared to direct …