De infelicitate principum
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De infelicitate principum is a humanist treatise by Poggio Bracciolini that reflects on the miseries and moral pitfalls of princes and political power.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| De infelicitate principum canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
humanist treatise
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literary work ⓘ |
| aim |
to promote moral reflection on rulership
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to warn princes about the dangers of power ⓘ |
| author | Poggio Bracciolini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| discusses |
examples of unhappy princes
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moral pitfalls of political ambition ⓘ |
| ethicalFocus |
misuse of authority
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virtue versus power ⓘ |
| genre |
Renaissance humanism
NERFINISHED
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moral treatise ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
contrast between external glory and inner misery
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ethical responsibilities of rulers ⓘ fortune and misfortune ⓘ fragility of political authority ⓘ instability of fortune ⓘ moral dangers of tyranny ⓘ moral exempla from history ⓘ vanity of worldly power ⓘ |
| hasTitleInLatin | De infelicitate principum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early Renaissance political thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian ethical thought
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classical Latin moralists ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
political elites
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rulers ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 15th century ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
misery of rulers
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moral corruption ⓘ political power ⓘ princes ⓘ |
| movement | Italian Renaissance ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Christian humanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Renaissance mirrors for princes literature
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humanist criticism of tyranny ⓘ |
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