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	* Diplomat ... if you are a known poet or otherwise a gentleman whose company is sought, then it is easier to serve your Prince or State, as people come to you. You also have an excuse to cultivate some gentleman, by asking his opionion of some piece of work, or asking for access to his library.		* Diplomat ... if you are a known poet or otherwise a gentleman whose company is sought, then it is easier to serve your Prince or State, as people come to you. You also have an excuse to cultivate some gentleman, by asking his opionion of some piece of work, or asking for access to his library.
	* (more later)		* (more later)
			[[category:sciences]]

Del at 04:15, 14 November 2003

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	* You have many more opinions relating to the martial arts than you have skills in that area. You can talk for some time about battle strategies, duelling, honorable combat, etc, but you may or may not be a great swordsman. In fact you may never have wielded a sword in anger.		* You have many more opinions relating to the martial arts than you have skills in that area. You can talk for some time about battle strategies, duelling, honorable combat, etc, but you may or may not be a great swordsman. In fact you may never have wielded a sword in anger.
	* Oh, and in case it isn't obvious, you are [[literate]]. You can read and write, probably quite well, and you may even have seen a [[printed book]] or two (and you think they are a great idea and that that [[Gutenberg]] chap should be congratulated).		* Oh, and in case it isn't obvious, you are [[literate]]. You can read and write, probably quite well, and you may even have seen a [[printed book]] or two (and you think they are a great idea and that that [[Gutenberg]] chap should be congratulated).

			Your reading list contains:

			* Cosimo de Medici
			* (more to be added later)

			Jobs you might have:

			* Diplomat ... if you are a known poet or otherwise a gentleman whose company is sought, then it is easier to serve your Prince or State, as people come to you. You also have an excuse to cultivate some gentleman, by asking his opionion of some piece of work, or asking for access to his library.
			* (more later)

Anton at 12:57, 13 November 2003

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	* You have a very material attitude to life. You are not a great [[spritualist]] but believe in living in the here and now, with a nod to the [[afterlife]]. You probably dress as well as you can afford, and it would not be uncommon for you to dress a little better than you can afford.		* You have a very material attitude to life. You are not a great [[spritualist]] but believe in living in the here and now, with a nod to the [[afterlife]]. You probably dress as well as you can afford, and it would not be uncommon for you to dress a little better than you can afford.
	* You are moderately but not excessively [[religious]]. You believe in [[God]] but also believe that man can better himself on this earth without the guiding divine hand, mostly by the study of the [[classics]] and skills such as the [[trivium]] and [[quadrivium]].		* You are moderately but not excessively [[religious]]. You believe in [[God]] but also believe that man can better himself on this earth without the guiding divine hand, mostly by the study of the [[classics]] and skills such as the [[trivium]] and [[quadrivium]].
	* <div style="float:right; width:25%; border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff;padding:5px; margin: 5px;"><small>'''Name Dropping'''<br>Specific names to drop could be - '''oratory''' (ie making speeches) ; [[Cicero]] ... 'Even [[Cicero]] could not have improved that speech' - '''poetry''' ; refer to someone as 'a second [[Ovid]]', or 'our [[Dante]]' - '''geometry''' ; emphasise how impressive modern, [[Italian]] style [[fortifications]] are, with their precise [[geometry]], [[ravelin]]s, [[counterscarp]]s and so on - '''philosophy''' ; emphasise you aren't one of [[Aristotle]]'s Monkeys (like a [[scholastic]], but that [[Plato]] is far superior to him).</small></div> You can quote several [[Greek]] texts and take delight in doing so. You know the works of a few [[ancient]] [[Greek]] writers and the names of a lot more of them, which you are happy to name-drop and wave in the faces of those around you (see sidenote).		* <div style="float:right; width:25%; border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff;padding:5px; margin: 5px;"><small>'''Name Dropping'''<br>Specific names to drop could be - '''oratory''' (ie making speeches) ; [[Cicero]] ... 'Even [[Cicero]] could not have improved that speech' - '''poetry''' ; refer to someone as 'a second [[Ovid]]', or 'our [[Dante]]' - '''geometry''' ; emphasise how impressive modern, [[Italian]] style [[fortifications]] are, with their precise [[geometry]], [[ravelin]]s, [[counterscarp]]s and so on - '''philosophy''' ; emphasise you aren't one of [[Aristotle]]'s Monkeys (like a [[scholastic]]), but that [[Plato]] is far superior to him.</small></div> You can quote several [[Greek]] texts and take delight in doing so. You know the works of a few [[ancient]] [[Greek]] writers and the names of a lot more of them, which you are happy to name-drop and wave in the faces of those around you (see sidenote).
	* You aspire to having a [[university]] education, but you may or may not have one.		* You aspire to having a [[university]] education, but you may or may not have one.
	* If you have even a modest [[university]] qualification, you are want to be greeted with the title [[doctor]], even if you have no understanding of [[medicine]].		* If you have even a modest [[university]] qualification, you are want to be greeted with the title [[doctor]], even if you have no understanding of [[medicine]].

Tobin: changed footnote to sidenote (ugly?). might be better as set of subpoints.

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changed footnote to sidenote (ugly?). might be better as set of subpoints.

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	* You have a very material attitude to life. You are not a great [[spritualist]] but believe in living in the here and now, with a nod to the [[afterlife]]. You probably dress as well as you can afford, and it would not be uncommon for you to dress a little better than you can afford.		* You have a very material attitude to life. You are not a great [[spritualist]] but believe in living in the here and now, with a nod to the [[afterlife]]. You probably dress as well as you can afford, and it would not be uncommon for you to dress a little better than you can afford.
	* You are moderately but not excessively [[religious]]. You believe in [[God]] but also believe that man can better himself on this earth without the guiding divine hand, mostly by the study of the [[classics]] and skills such as the [[trivium]] and [[quadrivium]].		* You are moderately but not excessively [[religious]]. You believe in [[God]] but also believe that man can better himself on this earth without the guiding divine hand, mostly by the study of the [[classics]] and skills such as the [[trivium]] and [[quadrivium]].
	* You can quote several [[Greek]] texts and take delight in doing so. You know the works of a few [[ancient]] [[Greek]] writers and the names of a lot more of them, which you are happy to name-drop and wave in the faces of those around you.		* <div style="float:right; width:25%; border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff;padding:5px; margin: 5px;"><small>'''Name Dropping'''<br>Specific names to drop could be - '''oratory''' (ie making speeches) ; [[Cicero]] ... 'Even [[Cicero]] could not have improved that speech' - '''poetry''' ; refer to someone as 'a second [[Ovid]]', or 'our [[Dante]]' - '''geometry''' ; emphasise how impressive modern, [[Italian]] style [[fortifications]] are, with their precise [[geometry]], [[ravelin]]s, [[counterscarp]]s and so on - '''philosophy''' ; emphasise you aren't one of [[Aristotle]]'s Monkeys (like a [[scholastic]], but that [[Plato]] is far superior to him).</small></div> You can quote several [[Greek]] texts and take delight in doing so. You know the works of a few [[ancient]] [[Greek]] writers and the names of a lot more of them, which you are happy to name-drop and wave in the faces of those around you (see sidenote).
	* You aspire to having a [[university]] education, but you may or may not have one.		* You aspire to having a [[university]] education, but you may or may not have one.
	* If you have even a modest [[university]] qualification, you are want to be greeted with the title [[doctor]], even if you have no understanding of [[medicine]].		* If you have even a modest [[university]] qualification, you are want to be greeted with the title [[doctor]], even if you have no understanding of [[medicine]].
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	* You have many more opinions relating to the martial arts than you have skills in that area. You can talk for some time about battle strategies, duelling, honorable combat, etc, but you may or may not be a great swordsman. In fact you may never have wielded a sword in anger.		* You have many more opinions relating to the martial arts than you have skills in that area. You can talk for some time about battle strategies, duelling, honorable combat, etc, but you may or may not be a great swordsman. In fact you may never have wielded a sword in anger.
	* Oh, and in case it isn't obvious, you are [[literate]]. You can read and write, probably quite well, and you may even have seen a [[printed book]] or two (and you think they are a great idea and that that [[Gutenberg]] chap should be congratulated).		* Oh, and in case it isn't obvious, you are [[literate]]. You can read and write, probably quite well, and you may even have seen a [[printed book]] or two (and you think they are a great idea and that that [[Gutenberg]] chap should be congratulated).
	* Specific names to drop could be

	- oratory (ie making speeches) ; [[Cicero]] ... 'Even [[Cicero]] could not have improved that speech' <br>
	- poetry ; refer to someone as 'a second [[Ovid]]', or 'our [[Dante]]'<br>
	- geometry ; emphasise how impressive modern, [[Italian]] style [[fortifications]] are, with their precise [[geometry]], [[ravelin]]s, [[counterscarp]]s and so on <br>
	- philosophy ; emphasise you arent one of [[Aristotle]]'s Monkeys (like a [[scholastic]]), but that [[Plato]] is far superior to him <br>

Anton at 12:47, 13 November 2003

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	- poetry ; refer to someone as 'a second [[Ovid]]', or 'our [[Dante]]'<br>		- poetry ; refer to someone as 'a second [[Ovid]]', or 'our [[Dante]]'<br>
	- geometry ; emphasise how impressive modern, [[Italian]] style [[fortifications]] are, with their precise [[geometry]], [[ravelin]]s, [[counterscarp]]s and so on <br>		- geometry ; emphasise how impressive modern, [[Italian]] style [[fortifications]] are, with their precise [[geometry]], [[ravelin]]s, [[counterscarp]]s and so on <br>
	- philosophy ; emphasise you arent one of [[Aristotle]]'s Monkeys (like a [[scholastic]], but that [[Plato]] is far superior to him <br>		- philosophy ; emphasise you arent one of [[Aristotle]]'s Monkeys (like a [[scholastic]]), but that [[Plato]] is far superior to him <br>

Anton at 12:47, 13 November 2003

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	* Specific names to drop could be		* Specific names to drop could be

	- oratory (ie making speeches) ; [[Cicero]] ... 'Even [[Cicero]] could not have improved that speech'		- oratory (ie making speeches) ; [[Cicero]] ... 'Even [[Cicero]] could not have improved that speech' <br>
	- poetry ; refer to someone as 'a second [[Ovid]]', or 'our [[Dante]]'		- poetry ; refer to someone as 'a second [[Ovid]]', or 'our [[Dante]]'<br>
	- geometry ; emphasise how impressive modern, [[Italian]] style [[fortifications]] are, with their precise [[geometry]], [[ravelin]]s, [[counterscarp]]s and so on		- geometry ; emphasise how impressive modern, [[Italian]] style [[fortifications]] are, with their precise [[geometry]], [[ravelin]]s, [[counterscarp]]s and so on <br>
	- philosophy ; emphasise you arent one of [[Aristotle]]'s Monkeys (like a [[scholastic]], but that [[Plato]] is far superior to him		- philosophy ; emphasise you arent one of [[Aristotle]]'s Monkeys (like a [[scholastic]], but that [[Plato]] is far superior to him <br>

Del at 12:14, 13 November 2003

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	* You are well versed in the [[arts]], possibly including [[poetry]], [[painting]] (which you may know a bit about but not know how to do), [[music]], [[dance]], and perhaps [[drama]].		* You are well versed in the [[arts]], possibly including [[poetry]], [[painting]] (which you may know a bit about but not know how to do), [[music]], [[dance]], and perhaps [[drama]].
	* You have many more opinions relating to the martial arts than you have skills in that area. You can talk for some time about battle strategies, duelling, honorable combat, etc, but you may or may not be a great swordsman. In fact you may never have wielded a sword in anger.		* You have many more opinions relating to the martial arts than you have skills in that area. You can talk for some time about battle strategies, duelling, honorable combat, etc, but you may or may not be a great swordsman. In fact you may never have wielded a sword in anger.
			* Oh, and in case it isn't obvious, you are [[literate]]. You can read and write, probably quite well, and you may even have seen a [[printed book]] or two (and you think they are a great idea and that that [[Gutenberg]] chap should be congratulated).
	* Specific names to drop could be		* Specific names to drop could be

	- oratory (ie making speeches) ; Cicero ... 'Even Cicero could not have improved that speech'		- oratory (ie making speeches) ; [[Cicero]] ... 'Even [[Cicero]] could not have improved that speech'
	- poetry ; refer to someone as 'a second Ovid', or 'our Dante'		- poetry ; refer to someone as 'a second [[Ovid]]', or 'our [[Dante]]'
	- geometry ; emphasise how impressive modern, Italian style fortifications are, with their precise geometry, ~~ravelins~~, ~~counterscarps~~ and so on		- geometry ; emphasise how impressive modern, [[Italian]] style [[fortifications]] are, with their precise [[geometry]], [[ravelin]]s, [[counterscarp]]s and so on
	- philosophy ; emphasise you arent one of Aristotle's Monkeys (like a [[scholastic]], but that Plato is far superior to him		- philosophy ; emphasise you arent one of [[Aristotle]]'s Monkeys (like a [[scholastic]], but that [[Plato]] is far superior to him

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	* You almost certainly live in the [[Renaissance]] (although I'm going to go out on a ''huge'' limb here and call [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]] an early humanist). If you are in [[Italy]] then you may live in the very late [[14th century]] or more likely the [[15th century]], or anywhere else in [[Europe]] you would most probably live in the [[16th century]].		* You almost certainly live in the [[Renaissance]] (although I'm going to go out on a ''huge'' limb here and call [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]] an early humanist). If you are in [[Italy]] then you may live in the very late [[14th century]] or more likely the [[15th century]], or anywhere else in [[Europe]] you would most probably live in the [[16th century]].
	* You have a slightly superior attitude to life. You are well educated and probably profess to know a whole lot more about the meaning of life than you really do.		* You have a slightly superior attitude to life. You are well educated and probably profess to know a whole lot more about the meaning of life than you really do.
	* You think that [[scholastics]] are very old-fashioned and out-dated. You have met the odd one but are very unimpressed.		* You think that [[scholastics]] are very old-fashioned and out-dated. You have met the odd one (or, more likely, read a work or two) but are very unimpressed.
	* You have a very material attitude to life. You are not a great [[spritualist]] but believe in living in the here and now, with a nod to the [[afterlife]]. You probably dress as well as you can afford, and it would not be uncommon for you to dress a little better than you can afford.		* You have a very material attitude to life. You are not a great [[spritualist]] but believe in living in the here and now, with a nod to the [[afterlife]]. You probably dress as well as you can afford, and it would not be uncommon for you to dress a little better than you can afford.
	* You are moderately but not excessively [[religious]]. You believe in [[God]] but also believe that man can better himself on this earth without the guiding divine hand, mostly by the study of the [[classics]] and skills such as the [[trivium]] and [[quadrivium]].		* You are moderately but not excessively [[religious]]. You believe in [[God]] but also believe that man can better himself on this earth without the guiding divine hand, mostly by the study of the [[classics]] and skills such as the [[trivium]] and [[quadrivium]].
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	* You are well versed in the [[arts]], possibly including [[poetry]], [[painting]] (which you may know a bit about but not know how to do), [[music]], [[dance]], and perhaps [[drama]].		* You are well versed in the [[arts]], possibly including [[poetry]], [[painting]] (which you may know a bit about but not know how to do), [[music]], [[dance]], and perhaps [[drama]].
	* You have many more opinions relating to the martial arts than you have skills in that area. You can talk for some time about battle strategies, duelling, honorable combat, etc, but you may or may not be a great swordsman. In fact you may never have wielded a sword in anger.		* You have many more opinions relating to the martial arts than you have skills in that area. You can talk for some time about battle strategies, duelling, honorable combat, etc, but you may or may not be a great swordsman. In fact you may never have wielded a sword in anger.
			* Specific names to drop could be

			- oratory (ie making speeches) ; Cicero ... 'Even Cicero could not have improved that speech'
			- poetry ; refer to someone as 'a second Ovid', or 'our Dante'
			- geometry ; emphasise how impressive modern, Italian style fortifications are, with their precise geometry, ravelins, counterscarps and so on
			- philosophy ; emphasise you arent one of Aristotle's Monkeys (like a [[scholastic]], but that Plato is far superior to him

Del: typo

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typo

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	== Your [[SCA]] [[Persona]] Is A Humanist ==		== Your [[SCA]] [[Persona]] Is A Humanist ==

	* You almost certainly live in the [[Renaissance]] (although I'm going to go out on a ''huge'' limb here and call [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]] an early humanist). If you are in [[Italy]] then you may live in the very late [[14th century]] or more likely the [[15th century]], or anywhere else in [[Europe]] you would most probably live in the [16th century]].		* You almost certainly live in the [[Renaissance]] (although I'm going to go out on a ''huge'' limb here and call [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]] an early humanist). If you are in [[Italy]] then you may live in the very late [[14th century]] or more likely the [[15th century]], or anywhere else in [[Europe]] you would most probably live in the [[16th century]].
	* You have a slightly superior attitude to life. You are well educated and probably profess to know a whole lot more about the meaning of life than you really do.		* You have a slightly superior attitude to life. You are well educated and probably profess to know a whole lot more about the meaning of life than you really do.
	* You think that [[scholastics]] are very old-fashioned and out-dated. You have met the odd one but are very unimpressed.		* You think that [[scholastics]] are very old-fashioned and out-dated. You have met the odd one but are very unimpressed.

Del at 11:28, 13 November 2003

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	See also: [[Renaissance]].		See also: [[Renaissance]].

			== Your [[SCA]] [[Persona]] Is A Humanist ==

			* You almost certainly live in the [[Renaissance]] (although I'm going to go out on a ''huge'' limb here and call [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]] an early humanist). If you are in [[Italy]] then you may live in the very late [[14th century]] or more likely the [[15th century]], or anywhere else in [[Europe]] you would most probably live in the [16th century]].
			* You have a slightly superior attitude to life. You are well educated and probably profess to know a whole lot more about the meaning of life than you really do.
			* You think that [[scholastics]] are very old-fashioned and out-dated. You have met the odd one but are very unimpressed.
			* You have a very material attitude to life. You are not a great [[spritualist]] but believe in living in the here and now, with a nod to the [[afterlife]]. You probably dress as well as you can afford, and it would not be uncommon for you to dress a little better than you can afford.
			* You are moderately but not excessively [[religious]]. You believe in [[God]] but also believe that man can better himself on this earth without the guiding divine hand, mostly by the study of the [[classics]] and skills such as the [[trivium]] and [[quadrivium]].
			* You can quote several [[Greek]] texts and take delight in doing so. You know the works of a few [[ancient]] [[Greek]] writers and the names of a lot more of them, which you are happy to name-drop and wave in the faces of those around you.
			* You aspire to having a [[university]] education, but you may or may not have one.
			* If you have even a modest [[university]] qualification, you are want to be greeted with the title [[doctor]], even if you have no understanding of [[medicine]].
			* You are well versed in the [[arts]], possibly including [[poetry]], [[painting]] (which you may know a bit about but not know how to do), [[music]], [[dance]], and perhaps [[drama]].
			* You have many more opinions relating to the martial arts than you have skills in that area. You can talk for some time about battle strategies, duelling, honorable combat, etc, but you may or may not be a great swordsman. In fact you may never have wielded a sword in anger.