Before the Renaissance, the literacy rate had been as low as five to ten percent for males. ... But during the Renaissance, the literacy rate rose starting with children all they way through grown adults. ... The accuracy of paintings, especially of the anatomy, became more and more important through out the Renaissance. ... The Renaissance was a period during which many people began to think and act in different ways. This time brought unimaginable creativity and new ways to look at every aspect of life. ...

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Utopianism was a way of life that consisted of a perfect, full-function society. ... Originating with Greek philosophers, the concept has changed into a distinctly Western perception relating to progress or improvement dating from the Renaissance. ... Utopian ideas have had an impact on almost every aspect of life. With the Renaissance the ideal of a utopia became more sophisticated, but the religious component in utopian philosophy is often present from then on. ...

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A great expansion in education that began centuries earlier now encouraged the revitalization of humanity in culture and ethic, a necessary component of the Renaissance period in Europe. In progressing to new heights, society developed a new outlook on life that was radically different from before. ... He explains to Franciscus that falling in love caused him to neglect the original passions of his own life. ... Augustinus suggests that he lost these good habits when he became infatuated with the love of his life. ... He lived from 1469 to 1527 in Florence, Italy, a perfect time and pla...

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There was not much more known about Machiavelli's early life, but he was said to have worked for a prominent Florence banker in Rome between 1487-1495. ... Niccolo Machiavelli's contributions to the Renaissance were his writings and ideas on various subjects. ... Machiavelli had a major influence on the people of the Renaissance. ...

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"Instead of storing up good works, so as to enjoy paradise as the medieval man did, the Renaissance man was interested in all things, enjoyed life, strove for worldly praise and wealth, and had a deep interest in classical civilizations"( Law and Human Rights, Davey). ... Rather, he sees power as the one and only goal in life regardless of the individual or the state, which parallels our modern Government today. ... "The men of the Renaissance era wanted many things--money, power, enjoyment in life--regardless of the moral cost" (L&HR, Davey). ...

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In the following paragraphs, this paper will not only discuss the advice Machiavelli gives in The Prince, but will compare it to the way he led his own life. ... (Encyclopaedia Britannica 6) The French came up with the term "Machiavellianism" (Encyclopaedia Britannica 7) to describe their hatred of Italian life. ... As said in the preface to Machiavelli and Renaissance Italy "The history of Machiavelli is an enthralling one, but it is best insulated from an account of the development of the man himself." ...

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Love (in Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince) The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli is the book that was based on examples of princes and other rulers of Spain, Italy, and other European countries at the time of Renaissance. ... In case of him becoming hatred by his subjects he will lose everything he has, his power, name, throne, money, and in the worse scenario his life. ...

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When, say in the case of a "prince," it becomes necessary to step outside the regular life of Man functioning and into the unusual life of Man governing, these standards become truly meaningless, and only practicalities and realities remain; all idealized systems become burdensome at best. ... As well, Machiavelli presents the people waiting to be ruled as material, and the rule spread by the prince as structure; in Renaissance Italy, "material" and "structure" possessed traditional gender traits. ... Now, historically, Machiavelli lived in and lived for his beloved republic of Florence his ...

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Machiavelli's prince goes against the whole renaissance man perspective and travels along the line of an individual whose only "talent" is to ensure the stability of the state that he governs. ... His most controversial work, The Prince, outlines what he learned working in the political scene for most of his life. ... When the Medici family regained power in 1512 with the help of Spanish troops, Machiavelli was tortured and removed from public life. ...

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The idea of liberty received its greatest impetus and universal appeal from Christianity, which breathed life into it by revealing its connection with the providence of God. ... Pico della Mirandola illustrates this "spirit of the Renaissance."" ...

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