The representation of the origins of civilization in Francesco Patrizi of Sienna
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Two treaties of Francesco Patrizi of Sienna (1412-1494), the De regno et regis institutione and the De reipublicae institutione pose the question of the origin of powers by way of a reflection on humanity’s primitive condition, which draws support mainly from the sources of ancient materialism. The analysis of various political regimes undertaken by Patrizi is part of the princely power’s quest for legitimacy in Italy at the end of the fifteenth century, and feeds on the historicist dimension of humanist thought.
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