Explain the ways in which italian renaissance humanism transformed ideas about the individual's role in society

In the beginning there was ... Humanism. Renaissance Humanism

Curriculum based on Liberal studies: grammar, poetry, rhetoric, history, politics, and moral philosophy

Belief that study of the classics is path to virtuous and balanced lifestyle and personality

Importance in human, not divine, matters

Information gathered from source, not traditional

Devoted majority of life to the discovery and practice of the classics

Anti-"scholasticism", which was the educational curriculum of the medieval times.