To understand Humanism, it must be contrasted with the piety and scholasticism of the Middle Ages, against which Humanism was regarded as a free and open breath of fresh air.

• 要理解人文主义，必须较之于中世纪人们对基督教的虔诚以及经院哲学，人文主义思想就像是一股自由开放、清新宜人的空气。