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‘The Renaissance was the discovery of the world and of man’ Comment in about 200 words.

  • UPSC 1990
  • Enlightenment and Modern Ideas

Jacob Burckhardt's famous formula captures the Renaissance's dual turn — outward to nature and geography, inward to human individuality.

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