Influential Thinkers of the RenaissanceCosimo, Inc., 2005 M12 1 - 404 páginas [T]o slaughter fellow-citizens, to betray friends, to be devoid of pity, honor, and religion, cannot be counted as merits, for these are means which may lead to power, but which confer no glory.-from The PrinceHere, in one volume, are three of the greatest works of the Renaissance, artifacts of the flowering of learning and culture in Europe that gave birth to our modern world: . The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), is one of the most significant-and most remarkably misunderstood-essays on government ever written. A product of the political intrigue of Florentine Italy, it is a stunning commentary on ambition and the uses and misuses of power.. Utopia, by Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), is a startling work of social and cultural philosophy that may also, with its fictional conceit, be considered a forerunner of the novel.. Ninety-Five Theses, by Martin Luther (1483-1546), ushered in the religious upheaval of the Reformation. A searing indictment of the corruption in the Catholic Church, Luther's writings laid the foundations for the diverse religious culture in which we live today.With its introductory notes and commentary, this edition, first published in 1910, is a compact course in humanities and cultural history, and essential reading for any liberal education. |
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... Emperors who , from privacy , attained the Imperial dignity by cor- rupting the army . Such Princes are wholly dependent on the favour and fortunes of those who have made them great , than which supports none could be less stable or ...
... Emperors who , from privacy , attained the Imperial dignity by cor- rupting the army . Such Princes are wholly dependent on the favour and fortunes of those who have made them great , than which supports none could be less stable or ...
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... Emperor only when so disposed , fearing neither him nor any other neigh- bouring power . For they are so fortified that it is plain to every one that it would be a tedious and difficult task to reduce them , since all of them are ...
... Emperor only when so disposed , fearing neither him nor any other neigh- bouring power . For they are so fortified that it is plain to every one that it would be a tedious and difficult task to reduce them , since all of them are ...
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... cities took up arms against their nobles , who , with the favour of the Emperor , had before kept them in subjection , and were supported by the Church with a view to add to her temporal authority : while in many THE PRINCE 45.
... cities took up arms against their nobles , who , with the favour of the Emperor , had before kept them in subjection , and were supported by the Church with a view to add to her temporal authority : while in many THE PRINCE 45.
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... Emperor of Constantinople summoned ten thousand Turkish soldiers into Greece , who , when the war was over , refused to leave , and this was the beginning of the servitude of Greece to the Infidel . Let him , therefore , who would ...
... Emperor of Constantinople summoned ten thousand Turkish soldiers into Greece , who , when the war was over , refused to leave , and this was the beginning of the servitude of Greece to the Infidel . Let him , therefore , who would ...
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... Emperors be considered , they offer examples opposed to the views expressed by me ; since we find that some among them who had always lived good lives , and shown themselves possessed of great qualities , were nevertheless deposed and ...
... Emperors be considered , they offer examples opposed to the views expressed by me ; since we find that some among them who had always lived good lives , and shown themselves possessed of great qualities , were nevertheless deposed and ...
Contenido
79 | |
An Exhortation to Liberate Italy from the Bar | 86 |
THE LIFE OF SIR THOMAS MORE | 92 |
SIR THOMAS MORE | 143 |
THE NINETYFIVE THESES | 259 |
ADDRESS TO THE CHRISTIAN NOBILITY OF THE GERMAN | 276 |
HC XXXVI | 289 |
CONCERNING CHRISTIAN LIBERTY | 353 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 386 - IF there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, 2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Página 385 - For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Página 346 - I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing : and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Página 364 - And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews ; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law...
Página 305 - Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
Página 286 - But the natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God ; for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
Página 364 - A Christian man is the most free lord of all, and subject to none; a Christian man is the most dutiful servant of all, and subject to every one.
Página 125 - Whatsoever impediment be to the contrary, we will set forth that authority to the uttermost. For we received from that See our crown imperial...