... which prepared people to lead others and participate in public life for the public good. Some of the seeds of this transformation in education were found in the work of Francesco Guicciardini, an Italian statesman and historian, who understood the importance of pleasing rulers and men of honor. In his work Reflections, he wrote that acquiring more superficial or "decorative" skills ... ...

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