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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... mind , no one need wonder at the ease wherewith Alexander was able to lay a firm hold on Asia , nor that Pyrrhus and many others found difficulty in pre- serving other acquisitions ; since this arose , not from the less or greater merit ...
... mind , no one need wonder at the ease wherewith Alexander was able to lay a firm hold on Asia , nor that Pyrrhus and many others found difficulty in pre- serving other acquisitions ; since this arose , not from the less or greater merit ...
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... mind that the temper of the multitude is fickle , and that while it is easy to persuade them of a thing , it is hard to fix them in that persuasion . Wherefore , matters should be so ordered that when men no longer believe of their own ...
... mind that the temper of the multitude is fickle , and that while it is easy to persuade them of a thing , it is hard to fix them in that persuasion . Wherefore , matters should be so ordered that when men no longer believe of their own ...
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... minds of the people and gain their good - will , he sought to show them that any cruelty which had been done had not originated with him , but in the harsh disposition of his minister . Availing himself of the pretext which this ...
... minds of the people and gain their good - will , he sought to show them that any cruelty which had been done had not originated with him , but in the harsh disposition of his minister . Availing himself of the pretext which this ...
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... mind and body , that becoming a soldier , he rose through the various grades of the service to be Praetor of Syracuse . Once established in that post , he resolved to make himself Prince , and to hold by violence and without obligation ...
... mind and body , that becoming a soldier , he rose through the various grades of the service to be Praetor of Syracuse . Once established in that post , he resolved to make himself Prince , and to hold by violence and without obligation ...
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... minds are still heated and resolute for defence . And for this very reason the Prince_ought the less to fear , because after a few days , when the first ardour has abated , the injury is already done and suffered , and can- not be ...
... minds are still heated and resolute for defence . And for this very reason the Prince_ought the less to fear , because after a few days , when the first ardour has abated , the injury is already done and suffered , and can- not be ...
Contenido
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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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Pasajes populares
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...