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Maxims and Reflections (Ricordi)

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Maxims and Reflections (Ricordi)

Francesco Guicciardini, ''Maxims and Reflections (Ricordi)''
English | 1965 | ISBN: 0812210379 | PDF | 150 pages | 6.77 MB


"In the history of Renaissance thought, Guicciardini's Ricordi occupy a place of singular importance. Few works of the sixteenth century allow us so penetrating an insight into the views and sentiments of its author as these reflections of the great Italian historian. . . . Like Machiavelli's Prince, the Ricordi form one of the outstanding documents of a time of crisis and transition; but unlike the Prince, they range over a wide field of private as well as public life. In doing so, they revel the man as well as the political theorist."—Nicolai Rubenstein, from the Introduction


"Unlike Machiavelli—inveterate dreamer and cynic—Guicciardini's mind is remarkable for the balance and masterly coolness of its judgment."—Federico Chabod

"On the surface of it, you wouldn't think a book such as this had much to offer us today, but you would be wrong. It belongs to a class of books which teach what I call the art of 'Crooked Wisdom,' but which could be more simply thought of as the art of survival in a far from perfect world.

Other books of this kind are Machiavelli's 'The Prince,' Balthasar Gracian's 'The Art of Worldly Wisdom,' and the 'Maxims of La Rochefoucauld.' Although the first of these may be a little too specialized to suit the needs of the ordinary person today, anyone who doesn't know one or two of the others, unless they happen to be exceptionally astute, is asking for trouble."


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