The word "Renaissance" means revival, specifically in this period of history, revival of interest in ancient Greek and Roman culture. Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance.

“文艺复兴”一词在本以上是指“复活”、“再生”的意思，而在这一个时间段里，则指对古希腊和古罗马文化兴趣的再生。

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Ancient Greek science and culture is one of the origins of world civilization as well as the origin of European civilization and plays an important role in the history of world civilization.

古代希腊科学文化是欧洲文明的起源，也是世界文明的起源之一，它在世界文明史中有非常重要的地位和作用。

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Hard to believe now, but in the early 1960s, most U.S. public schools still taught Latin, trigonometry, calculus, ancient Greek and Roman history, philosophy and civics.

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