Category Archives: Leonardo Bruni

Reading the Best Authors

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Matthew Phillips

“This then will be our first study: to read only the best and most approved authors.  Our second will be to bring to this reading a keen critical sense.  The reader must study the reasons why the words are placed … Continue reading →

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Study as Eating

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Matthew Phillips

“Study is, so to speak, the pabulum of the mind by which the intellect is trained and nourished.  For this reason, just as gastronomes are careful in the choice of what they put in their stomachs, so those who wish … Continue reading →

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The Duty to Understand History

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Matthew Phillips

For it is our duty to understand the origins of our own history and its development; and the achievements of Peoples and of Kings.  For the careful study of the past enlarges our foresight in contemporary affairs and affords to … Continue reading →

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