Diogenes of Sinope, the memorable cynic philosopher who made a ceramic jar his home and who masturbated in public, once called himself a kosmopolitês—a citizen of the world.
I would not have considered this before reading the foregoing. But, is/was cosmopolitanism the forerunner of humanism? Or are these non-overlapping magisteria?
Yes, it kind of was! After Diogenes it was mainly the Stoics that took up the baton of cosmopolitanism and during the renaissance their texts were widely read and adapted to the then developing humanism. This was especially the case for Desiderius Erasmus, for example. More info: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cosmopolitanism/#EarlModeEnliCosm
Thank you for your insight.
I would not have considered this before reading the foregoing. But, is/was cosmopolitanism the forerunner of humanism? Or are these non-overlapping magisteria?
Yes, it kind of was! After Diogenes it was mainly the Stoics that took up the baton of cosmopolitanism and during the renaissance their texts were widely read and adapted to the then developing humanism. This was especially the case for Desiderius Erasmus, for example. More info: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cosmopolitanism/#EarlModeEnliCosm