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Romance

Falling in love is part of being a knight. But even love does not override the chivalric code.

“I fain would follow love, if that could be;
I needs must follow death, who calls for me;
Call and I follow, I follow! let me die.”
-from Idylls of the King by Lord Tennyson

Inferno 31 by Gustave Doré (wood-engraving, 1857)

"...with half their bulk, the terrifying giants,
whom Jove still menaces from Heaven when
he sends his bolts of thunder down upon them."

Doré & Dante is a match made in Heaven.

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Otherwise, please enjoy this painting.

An Architectural Capriccio by Viviano Codazzi, oil on canvas, 97.2 cm x 136.2 cm, circa 1665.

The rich & powerful Bernini was not somebody you wanted as an enemy in 17th century Italy.

But that's Rosa.

You can see his disdain - and love of trouble, perhaps - in this, another self-portrait.

The words say: "Be quiet, unless your speech be better than silence."

Zeno of Citium (334-262 BC) The founder of Stoic philosophy.

Averroes (1126-1198) Muslim Andalusian genius. He contributed to philosophy, theology, medicine, jurisprudence, linguistics, psychology, and more. His translated commentaries on Aristotle helped spark the Renaissance itself.

Parmenides (6th-5th centuries BC) The founder of ontology, i.e. the branch of philosophy that considers existence and reality.

Plato (424–347 BC) Second founder of Western philosophy. Student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle. He started the Academy: the first higher educational institution in the West.

Portrayed as Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) The ultimate Renaissance man.

Left: Aeschines (389–314 BC) Athenian soldier, statesmen, and orator. Listed in the Alexandrian Canon as one of the 10 Attic Orators - the greatest speakers of classical Athens.

Right: Socrates (470–399 BC) The godfather of Western philosophy.

This is what you would learn if you went to university in the 12th century.

Could modern schools and universities learn something from it?

A Thread.