dontTREATonme 35 minutes ago

I always question how accurate these types of accounts were. Even if she wrote this after his death, his successor obviously wouldn’t look too kindly on it being disparaging.

morgoths_bane an hour ago

This was a great article, thank you for sharing! I love learning about the medieval ages, I particularly enjoyed this part of the article: "Christine de Pizan explains that an ordered life is an essential condition for any form of ruling: ‘Political science, supreme among the arts, teaches man to govern himself, his family and subjects and all other matters according to a just and appropriate order. Likewise, it is to be the discipline and the instruction to govern kingdoms and empires"

This is a fantastic site, thank you for sharing. Also I must ask, is your username based off of the ancient historian Diodorus Siculus? If so, that's super cool!

  • joules77 an hour ago

    Donald Trump, the Ayatollah and Putin are very disciplined people. Ordered lives need to be grounded in value systems, moral emotions, and philosophies deeper than self preservations. Otherwise people start behaving like ants. Don't need a human brain for that.

    • actionfromafar 41 minutes ago

      Ruling by golfing. Well, it is pretty consistent in that regard.

    • wiseowise 20 minutes ago

      > Donald Trump, the Ayatollah and Putin

      > moral emotions