#humanist
- Alberti — A personal proper name of Italian origin, globally renowned due to Leon Battista Alberti, a brilliant architect, humanist, writer, and mathematician of the early Renaissance, recognized for his fundamental treatises on painting and architecture; also, the name is borne by the Spanish poet Rafael Alberti. Capitalized, the term individualizes a major figure in the history of world culture.
- Antiqua — A style of round typographic typefaces, inspired by monumental Roman inscriptions and Renaissance humanist script, characterized by the presence of serifs and a harmonious contrast between thick and thin strokes. This structural model laid the foundation for modern alphabetic fonts used in Western European book printing, contrasting with the Gothic or fractured style (Fraktur) through clarity, high legibility, and geometric elegance.
- Self-education — Education that someone achieves through their own efforts; a conscious, planned, and continuous process of shaping one's personality, assimilating cultural values, and acquiring diverse competencies through individual study and effort, independent of formal school institutions.
- Self-realization — A complex, conscious, and continuous process through which an individual fully develops their potential, talents, skills, and inner aspirations, achieving a state of personal, professional, and spiritual fulfillment; the practical manifestation of self-actualization (according to Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs). This internal structural dynamic involves aligning daily actions with the deep values of the self, driving full psychological independence relative to external social pressures.