In Scientia Veritas
In 1997 one of the most prominent experts on Renaissance in the country Prof. Igor Škamperle wrote in the preface to the translation of the book written in 1486 The Oration on the Dignity of Man (De hominis dignitate) by Pico della Mirandola the following sentences:
Europe Day is celebrated on the 9th of May, as the anniversary of the day when the Schuman’s visionary declaration was written in 1950. It enabled better cooperation in post-war Europe. At that time, they proposed the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community. In 1993 the European Union emerged from this special form of internal cooperation. French foreign minister Robert Schuman was of the opinion that a united Europe will certainly not be created immediately, but that it will be a long-term process that will not only be supported by one plan, but by many solid successes that are a prerequisite for solidarity.
Renesansa je povrnila iščočega človeka, pogumnega pustolovca, ki se je vrnil k preučevanju sebe kot središča bivajočega. Ponovno se je zavedel svojega dostojanstva in poslanstva ter obudil speča znanja antičnih modrecev. Šele z zavedanjem svojih sposobnosti, svojih podarjenih mu moči, je lahko spoznal svojo odgovornost do sočloveka in narave. Porodi se tudi sočutnost, iz sočutnosti pa dejanja dobrote in lepote. Te vrednote so bile prisotne pri najplemenitejših predstavnikih Renesanse in humanizma. Razsvetljenstvo pa v novi podobi z izrazito kontinuirano inspiracijo iz preteklosti ozaveščeno potrebujemo tudi danes.
In Scientia Veritas