El Siglo XVII

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Vivimos en la era de la egiptomanía, la era de las pirámides, tumbas y momias. Occidente se halla inmerso en un fenómeno popular de atracción comercial en torno a la cultura egipcia; y, sin embargo, sabemos muy poco del pensamiento egipcio por sí mismo. En Egiptosophia, se nos presenta por primera vez la posibilidad de aproximarnos al corazón de la cultura egipcia que tanto fascinó a los viajeros y filósofos griegos. La obra se divide en dos grandes apartados: una primera parte afronta la reconstrucción suscinta de la cosmología egipcia y su antropología centrada en el mito de...

El libro " Del arte de la guerra " , redactado por Maquiavelo en torno a 1520, contiene y desarrolla, siguiendo el típico esquema formal del tratado renacentista dialogado, las reflexiones del gran autor florentino sobre la milicia y la guerra. A lo largo de los siete capítulos en los que está dividido , se van afrontando y desgranando de forma homogénea aspectos como el del reclutamiento, la relación infantería-caballería y la instrucción y adiestramiento de los soldados, el orden de combate, la moral del combatiente, el reconocimiento y la observación del campo enemigo, el...