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For he is a dog with a regal background, brought to the cardinal from "western shores," reared in the Spanish court and used to royal palaces and meals ("regius aule assuetus menseque canis," 2-3) as well as taking "proud" naps on crimson couches ("somnosque superbos purpureis captare toris," 3-4).
Haec si recta ratione excolatur, veram fortitudinem parit, sin autem contra rationem elata opmnia in suam libidinem convertere tentet, ambitionem creat et regandi cupiditatem"; 226-27: "Quapropter erit eadem inanis quaedem gloria--sunt enim summo odio digni, qui virtutem negligunt, unde solida expressaque manat gloria, honores vero ac reliqua virtutis insignia sectantur--quam qui in vita civili res agregias adoriuntur in primis captare consueverunt.
Sorlin continua poi sottolineando l'importanza di introdurre il "visibile" nel lavoro dello storico, intendendo per esso "cio che i fabbricanti di immagini, cercano di captare per trasmetterlo, e cio che gli spettatori accettano senza stupore" (Sociologia del cinema 68).
 
 
 
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