Entry tags:
Ars Longa, Vita Brevis, flashcards very Brevis
Flashcards give a strangely boiled-down version of the Renaissance. I think my favourite is :
Role of Wife in Family = 1. Love/sleep with only you. 2. Take care of house modestly/peacefully. 3. Do not let anything in the house go wrong.
Then there's philosophy:
What One Truly Owns = Spirit - feelings; Body - vehicle for spirit and liberty (like bird in cage); Time - must use it to be yours (like drinking water).
ETA: Sad thing is that further googling turned up the work that the stuff on wifely duties comes from* – it’s inelegantly translated, way chopped down and a bit out of context, but recognizable. This reminds me how flash cards aren’t really full-blown questions *or* answers; they’re mnemonic triggers for stuff you already studied and that might be on the exam, and outside of that context they can be absurdly cryptic.
(*Book III of Alberti’s Della Famiglia – the pragmatic and rather cynical old guy in the dialogue is talking about what he asked of his wife when he first married her.)
Role of Wife in Family = 1. Love/sleep with only you. 2. Take care of house modestly/peacefully. 3. Do not let anything in the house go wrong.
Then there's philosophy:
What One Truly Owns = Spirit - feelings; Body - vehicle for spirit and liberty (like bird in cage); Time - must use it to be yours (like drinking water).
ETA: Sad thing is that further googling turned up the work that the stuff on wifely duties comes from* – it’s inelegantly translated, way chopped down and a bit out of context, but recognizable. This reminds me how flash cards aren’t really full-blown questions *or* answers; they’re mnemonic triggers for stuff you already studied and that might be on the exam, and outside of that context they can be absurdly cryptic.
(*Book III of Alberti’s Della Famiglia – the pragmatic and rather cynical old guy in the dialogue is talking about what he asked of his wife when he first married her.)