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In Reply to: PLEASE POST YOUR SECOND REQUIRED POSTING AS FOLLOWUPS TO THIS POST posted by Tom Bacig on January 13, 1999 at 21:59:54:

The Humanists of the Renaissance were greatly concerned with education and moral behavior. They believed that an ideal man should be very well versed in both of these areas. For only by being well versed in these subjects can one become a just ruler. One example of this concern is shown in a letter from Peter Paul Verigo to Ubertinus, the ruler of Carrara.

"For the education of children is a matter of more than private interest; it concernes the State, which indeed regards the right training of the young as, in certain aspects, within the proper sphere...Tutors and comrades alike should be chosen from amongst those likely to bring out the best qualities, to attract by good example, and to repress the first signs of evil...Above all, respect for Divine ordinances is of the deepest importance; it should be inculcated from the earliest years. Reverance towords elders and parents is an obligation closely akin.
We call those studies liberal which one are worthy of a free man; those studies by which attain a practice virtue and wisdom."

This is a wonderful example of the beliefs of what every noble man should be like. Alberti, an illegitimate son of a family exiled from Florence believed he could learn virtue and morals and become a "universal" man. Nearly one hundred years after Alberti passed away, Castglione wrote his highly influential The Courtier. This treatise sought to train, discipline, and fashion the young man into the courtly ideal. Castiglione pronounced that the educated man should have a broad background in many academic subjects, spiritual, physical, as well as intellectual areas should be trained. The Courtier became the model for European gentlemen. Machiavelli also touched on this subject in his book The Prince. The main subject of The Prince is political power. "The ultimate significance of Machiavelli rests on two ideas: first, that one permanent social order reflecting God's will cannot be established, and second, that politics has its own laws and ought to be a science." All in all, the ideal man in Renaissance times was a man who could not only win in a physical fight, but also in a battle of wits and intelligence.

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: The Humanists of the Renaissance were greatly concerned with education and moral behavior. They believed that an ideal man should be very well versed in both of these areas. For only by being well versed in these subjects can one become a just ruler. One example of this concern is shown in a letter from Peter Paul Verigo to Ubertinus, the ruler of Carrara. : "For the education of children is a matter of more than private interest; it concernes the State, which indeed regards the right training of the young as, in certain aspects, within the proper sphere...Tutors and comrades alike should be chosen from amongst those likely to bring out the best qualities, to attract by good example, and to repress the first signs of evil...Above all, respect for Divine ordinances is of the deepest importance; it should be inculcated from the earliest years. Reverance towords elders and parents is an obligation closely akin. : We call those studies liberal which one are worthy of a free man; those studies by which attain a practice virtue and wisdom." : This is a wonderful example of the beliefs of what every noble man should be like. Alberti, an illegitimate son of a family exiled from Florence believed he could learn virtue and morals and become a "universal" man. Nearly one hundred years after Alberti passed away, Castglione wrote his highly influential The Courtier. This treatise sought to train, discipline, and fashion the young man into the courtly ideal. Castiglione pronounced that the educated man should have a broad background in many academic subjects, spiritual, physical, as well as intellectual areas should be trained. The Courtier became the model for European gentlemen. Machiavelli also touched on this subject in his book The Prince. The main subject of The Prince is political power. "The ultimate significance of Machiavelli rests on two ideas: first, that one permanent social order reflecting God's will cannot be established, and second, that politics has its own laws and ought to be a science." All in all, the ideal man in Renaissance times was a man who could not only win in a physical fight, but also in a battle of wits and intelligence.

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