How to Achieve True Greatness
How to Achieve True Greatness

Author: Baldesar Castiglione

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2006-05-30

Total Pages: 73

ISBN-13: 1101651008

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From the 100-part Penguin Great Ideas series comes an excerpt from the famous Book of the Courtier. In his witty and perceptive discourses on the ideal virtues of a Renaissance courtier, Baldesar Castiglione sets out values that continue to offer illumination in questions of leadership and government—espousing such qualities as prudence, courage, loyalty, affability, and style, and even encouraging the playing of sport as one of the best ways to gain influence and power. Penguin Great Ideas: Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves—and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war, and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked, and comforted. They have enriched lives—and destroyed them. Now Penguin Great Ideas brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals, and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. Other titles in the series include Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, Thomas Paine's Common Sense, and Charles Darwin's On Natural Selection.

Baldassare Castiglione, the Perfect Courtier, Vol. 1 of 2
Baldassare Castiglione, the Perfect Courtier, Vol. 1 of 2

Author: Julia Cartwright

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-28

Total Pages: 542

ISBN-13: 9781334089671

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Excerpt from Baldassare Castiglione, the Perfect Courtier, Vol. 1 of 2: His Life and Letters, 1478-1529 The modern revival of interest in the Italian Renaissance has naturally led students to turn once more to Castiglione's Courtier, ' in whom they justly recognise the ideal representative of that great age. N 0 less than three new versions of the Cortegiano have appeared in English during the last few years. In 1900 Hoby's translation was reprinted in N utt's 'tudor Classics, ' with an excellent Introduction by Professor Raleigh, and another handsome edition, with woodcuts by Mr. Ashbee, was issued by the Essex House Press, to be followed in 1903, by a new translation, richly illustrated and carefully annotated from the pen of Mr. Opdyke. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Baldassare Castiglione, the Perfect Courtier, Vol. 2 of 2
Baldassare Castiglione, the Perfect Courtier, Vol. 2 of 2

Author: Julia Cartwright

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-22

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13: 9780331654264

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Excerpt from Baldassare Castiglione, the Perfect Courtier, Vol. 2 of 2: His Life and Letters, 1478-1529 The ladies to whom Ippolita alludes were probably her aunt Bianca Bentivoglio, her cousin Caterina Torelli, the widow of Gianpietro Gonzaga of N ovellara, and her own sister Elisabetta, who died unmarried. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.