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An Examination of Essentialism and Archetypes in The Book of the Courtier and The Prince
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An Examination of Essentialism and Archetypes in The Book of the Courtier and The Prince Submitted by: Colin Cameron 89-03783 Dr. Edward Berry Eng 359 1 April 2003 Introduction Today the notion of individuals having an essential nature has lost favour to theories based on culture and linguistics. In the Renaissance the idea of individuals having an essential nature was taken for granted. As Christians they believed in Creation, in which we are all created in God's image. God determined our essential nature. Even the great thinkers of the time based their ideas on the notion that individuals have an essential nature. Two great Italian scholars, Castiglione and Machiavelli, closely examined archetypes: Castiglione sought to define the archetypal courtier, and Machiavelli the archetypal prince in their works The Book of the Courtier and The Prince. Upon first reading these works it is evident that the authors must believe that archetypes exist because they sought to define the...
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