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certainly can rightfully be considered one of the founding fathers of ruinistics,
which he in fact was engaged in his youth with the great architecture theorist
Leon Alberti on their trip to Rome. It is not known that Lorenzo wrote any theses,
although he was obviously engaged in studies, and very motivated (connected
with the search for prehistoric cultures), like many in his family. Just like [re] the
founder of the University of Pisa, he may well be considered the organizer of
science. The curious fact is that Lorenzo the grandson hardly needed any
dedication and any scientific argument as to what the sovereign should be, all the
more so in the case of Caesar Borgia, for his grandfather was the ideal sovereign
(as did the grandfather of his grandfather Cosimo) , but he acted not as a unifier
of many lands, but as a guardian of one. Why did Lorenzo II choose as an example
some scoundrel with a scientific degree, rather than glorious ancestors who made
much more contribution to science and culture (and in the practice of public
administration that did not concede to it)? Is it because Borgia was a titled,
"qualified" duke, who also wrote "scientific work" (which, incidentally, is still
being studied in universities all over the world as a model
of scientific work for his
time) and his ancestors – actual, but without a "qualification degree"? Well,
Lorenzo II still "learned" from Cesare important lesson – like the "sovereign", fell
ill with syphilis, which brought him to the grave (unlike Lorenzo-grandfather, who
brought to the grave hereditary metabolic disease). So what was the "Sovereign":
dissertatio about the best image of the steward with an "ostepenennym" person
as an example, or ingenious in its primordial product of "cultural industries" of a
still barely emerging (pre) industrial era, aimed at tickling the sense of status of a
single-element target audience? Whatever product "Sovereign" was,
it worked, as
history shows, very effectively, spreading beyond the then Italian. For sure,
Lorenzo the grandson loved science with love, inculcated by his ancestors, and
honored people of scientists, but hardly had the opportunity to distinguish
between the cognitively valuable from being given out for such, at least the latter
and possessing all the signs of scientific research. He did not have enough
attention to the past of his family and his view of the future, the question of the
consequences and limits – historical consciousness, in a word. What for? After all,
the Medici are now focused on the heights of the social situation, the courtyards
of Europe! This is where the gap lies with what the previous generations originally
sought. By the way, does the "Sovereign" say anything about the ability of
"exemplary ruler" to such attention? I hope that in post-crisis science they will