...society ; and his particular aim is to analyze the form which this evolution took in Italy, to show in what sense " the Italian was the first-born among...on the other ; in Macchiavellian politics ; in the beginnings of economical science ; in the beginnings of an exact study of zoology, botany, and astronomy...

...the State and of all the things of the world became possible. The subjective side at the same time asserted itself with corresponding emphasis ; man...spiritual individual and recognized himself as such." Unbridled individualism and an opposition to authority as well as a high degree of cosmopolitanism...

...was the first-born among the sons of modern Europe." In the Middle Ages — this is the startingpoint of Burckhardt's investigation — the human mind was...on the other ; in Macchiavellian politics; in the beginnings of economic science; in the beginnings of an exact study of zoology, botany, and astronomy...

...through some general category. In the Italy of the Renaissance this veil first melted into air; an objective treatment and consideration of the things...spiritual individual and recognized himself as such." I do not believe that there is a serious student of medieval literature and art living today who would...

...objective treatment and consideration of the things of this world became possible; and at the same tune the subjective side of consciousness asserted itself...spiritual individual and recognized himself as such." I do not believe that there is a serious student of medieval literature and art living today who would...

...or less freely up - and . . . down - the social ladder .... The "subjective" side at the same time asserted itself with corresponding emphasis; man became...spiritual "individual" and recognized himself as such. But the new individualism was paralleled by a new despotism, and in gaining freedom and self-awareness...

...of the State and of all things of this world became possible. The subjective side at the same time asserted itself with corresponding emphasis; man became...a spiritual individual, and recognized himself as such."4 The resultant conscious individualism was for Burckhardt the sine qua non of the Renaissance....

...the State and of all the things of this world became possible. The subjective side at the same time asserted itself with corresponding emphasis; man became...spiritual individual, and recognized himself as such." Burckhardt epitomizes the hunger for individuality in the Renaissance in two types: that of the artist...

...the State and of all the things of this world became possible. The subjective side at the same time asserted itself with corresponding emphasis; man became a spiritual individual and recognized himself as such."'8 What is here called an objective treatment is first of all a function of the fact that particular...

...consideration of the State and of all the things of this world, and at the same time the subjective side asserted itself with corresponding emphasis. Man became...spiritual individual and recognized himself as such. In the same way the Greek had once distinguished himself from the barbarian, and the Arab had felt himself...