Subtitle
The Intersecting Lives of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped
Author
Paul Strathern
Full Title
The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior - The Intersecting Lives of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped
Genre
History
Page Count
482
Pages Read
37
Progress
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Reading Status
Paused
Rating
Read Dates
May 6, 2026
ISBN_10
0553906895
ISBN_13
9780553906899
Notes, Highlights & Quotes
Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgias represented the tripartite expression of the Renaissance “Machiavelli was certainly chastened and impressed by this performance. Borgia's murderous legend had preceded him: this man, who “made Florentines tremble and Rome weep,” was liable to do anything. Yet Machiavelli also had sufficient diplomatic experience to recognize that Borgia's declaration was not quite all that it seemed. He sensed that Borgia was bluffing. Yet why?”“Borgia has become a byword for monstrous deeds – his very name summoning up images of betrayal, murder, and depravity. Here was a man who acted on impulse, who judged people intuitively with a cunning, almost animal acumen. He was a savage, but he was also a man of the Renaissance – a highly educated savage, a brilliant mind utterly attuned to its basest instincts.”