What are the origins of western humanist thought

The origins of Western humanist thought are the Renaissance and the Enlightenment.

Renaissance: a specific historical period in Europe, refers to the rise of the late thirteenth century in the cities of Italy, and later extended to the countries of Western Europe, in the sixteenth century in Europe prevailed in an ideological and cultural movement, brought about a period of revolution in science and the arts, unveiled the prelude to the history of modern Europe, and is considered to be the demarcation of the medieval era and the modern era. Marxist historians consider it to be the demarcation between the age of feudalism and the age of capitalism.

The Enlightenment: took place in the 18th century in Europe, initially in Britain, and then developed to France, Germany and Russia, in addition, the Netherlands, Belgium and other countries have also been affected. The Enlightenment was a movement against obscurantism and for the popularization of culture and education. However, in terms of its spiritual essence, it was a movement to promote the bourgeois political system of thought, not simply a literary movement. It was the continuation and development of the bourgeoisie's anti-feudal, anti-abstinence, anti-church struggle during the Renaissance, and directly laid the ideological foundation for the French Revolution of 1789.