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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... faith of Princes and how it is to be kept . King Louis , therefore , lost Lombardy from not following any one of the methods pursued by others who have taken Provinces with the resolve to keep them . Nor is this any- thing strange , but ...
... faith of Princes and how it is to be kept . King Louis , therefore , lost Lombardy from not following any one of the methods pursued by others who have taken Provinces with the resolve to keep them . Nor is this any- thing strange , but ...
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... faith ; since he had not the means to keep those who had been believers steadfast in their belief , or to make unbe- lievers believe . Such persons , therefore , have great difficulty in carrying out their designs ; but all their ...
... faith ; since he had not the means to keep those who had been believers steadfast in their belief , or to make unbe- lievers believe . Such persons , therefore , have great difficulty in carrying out their designs ; but all their ...
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... faith with man . Whenever they are attacked defeat follows ; so that in peace you are plun- dered by them , in war by your enemies . And this because they have no tie or motive to keep them in the field beyond their paltry pay , in ...
... faith with man . Whenever they are attacked defeat follows ; so that in peace you are plun- dered by them , in war by your enemies . And this because they have no tie or motive to keep them in the field beyond their paltry pay , in ...
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... faith- fully , without seeking to make themselves their masters , I answer that in this respect the Florentines have been fortu- nate , because among those valiant captains who might have given them cause for fear , some have not been ...
... faith- fully , without seeking to make themselves their masters , I answer that in this respect the Florentines have been fortu- nate , because among those valiant captains who might have given them cause for fear , some have not been ...
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... FAITH EVERY one understands how praiseworthy it is in a Prince to keep faith , and to live uprightly and not craftily . Never- theless , we see from what has taken place in our own days that Princes who have set little store by their ...
... FAITH EVERY one understands how praiseworthy it is in a Prince to keep faith , and to live uprightly and not craftily . Never- theless , we see from what has taken place in our own days that Princes who have set little store by their ...
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...