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Originally posted by TitleTown088 View PostOn a unrelated note, I'm reading The Prince right now. I nominate Machiavelli 2012.
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Originally posted by 619 View PostMachiavelli was really ahead of his time for a late medieval thinker.Last edited by TitleTown088; 03-03-2010, 11:35 AM.
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Originally posted by 619 View PostMachiavelli was really ahead of his time for a late medieval thinker.
I feel like people sometimes mistake the Renaissance for a period of only " new" learning when in fact it was largely based on the recovery of classical knowledge that had been previously lost to much of Europe(not the East they still knew the Greek) in the "dark ages".
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Originally posted by TitleTown088 View PostI don't know if you can really say he was ahead of his time when many of his 'theories' of government came from his observation antiquity, like much Renaissance thinking did. Surely much of it came from his observation of contemporaries like the Medici but Renaissance= huge emphasis recovery of the classics, especially for the humanists.
I feel like people sometimes mistake the Renaissance for a period of only " new" learning when in fact it was largely based on the recovery of classical knowledge that had been previously lost to much of Europe(not the East they still knew the Greek) in the "dark ages".
Let's then say he revived much of the previously lost or forgotten political theories. History is weird that way, it goes through its own cyclical revivals of classical knowledge. Even moreso in the postmodern era, and much before that as well, with the rise of archaeology in aiding historical interpretation and study. That's why I love historiography.Last edited by 619; 03-03-2010, 12:13 PM.
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Originally posted by 619 View PostForgive me, I made a common undergraduate error ... :)
You guys can definitely teach me a thing or two.
It's funny how much history you learned in High school from your basketball coach/history teacher and textbooks was complete BS.Last edited by TitleTown088; 03-03-2010, 12:26 PM.
What do the vikings and marijuana have in common? Every time you put them in a bowl
they get smoked.
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Originally posted by 619 View PostHistory is weird that way, it goes through its own cyclical revivals of classical knowledge. Even moreso in the postmodern era, and much before that as well, with the rise of archaeology in aiding historical interpretation and study. That's why I love historiography.
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Originally posted by bearsfan_51 View PostYou would.
BTW, you know of any online databases for early Medieval maps,or slightly earlier? I'm doing a research project on early medieval England and the only ones I can find are from the university of Texas website.Last edited by TitleTown088; 03-03-2010, 12:59 PM.
What do the vikings and marijuana have in common? Every time you put them in a bowl
they get smoked.
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Hint:Not the Bears.
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Originally posted by Giantsfan1080 View Post
What do the vikings and marijuana have in common? Every time you put them in a bowl
they get smoked.
2010-2011 Super Bowl Champions
Hint:Not the Bears.
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