Humanist moral philosophers believed that
A. people could lead morally virtuous lives while participating in the world.
B. people should withdraw from the world and dedicate themselves to prayer.
C. the thought of the middle ages was much more pure than the scandalous ideas of the Renaissance.
D. the ideals of the Greeks and Romans should be shunned because they were pagan.
E. intellectual and moral excellence was dependent on a Byzantine model.
Answer: A
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