Human transformations within the fugacity of existence: stylistic and comparative analysis from Bembo to Della Casa and Tasso
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Borgia the “archer”, i.e. provident and fierce prince; “odour”, i.e. examples of the past
Lessons on Macchiavelli’s Prince, VI, VII, VIII, XVII, XVIII, XXV.

A lecture about Leopardi’s “Ginestra” (Wild Broom): the two antagonists; aridity and ruin. Man faced with a choice between the cowardly and the heroic. The view-points of the fourth and the sixth stanzas: mental attitudes reflected in the landscapes

«Nec ridere nec lugere sed intelligere» Spinoza