Comparative analysis of the problem of human self-organization in the middle ages and renaissance

The article is devoted to the analysis of the problem of human self-organization in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The article substantiates the conclusion that in the epoch of the Middle Ages Christianity adopted a special type of spirituality and formed a new, higher level of human self-consciousness, which played a huge role in the history of mankind. During the Renaissance, humanists push Christian ideas about human self-organization into the background and raise the value of a person’s earthly existence, his striving for full realization both of his business qualities and responsibility for his destiny.