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Early modern

13 entries on OurWord tagged Early modern.

Mind and feelingBenjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin (1706–1790 · Boston and Philadelphia) — Thirteen virtues, compounded. A…Reading peopleLa RochefoucauldLa Rochefoucauld (France · 1613–1680) — Virtues in disguise. A French duke and a loser of…Reading peopleMachiavelliMachiavelli (Florence · 1469–1527) — What is done. A Florentine diplomat, secretary of…Strategy and competitionMiyamoto MusashiMiyamoto Musashi (Japan · 1584–1645) — Unattached. The most famous swordsman in Japanese…Mind and feelingMontaigneMontaigne (1533–1592 · Bordeaux) — Weaknesses on the table first. French writer, and the…Strategy and competitionNapoleonNapoleon (France · 1769–1821) — Concentration. A poor Corsican who at twenty was not even…Learning and growthPu SonglingPu Songling (1640–1715 · Shandong) — The side thing won. At nineteen he came first in…Reading peopleTending the Roots of WisdomTending the Roots of Wisdom (Ming · c. 1590s) — A method of ease. Three hundred-odd short…Reading peopleThe Art of Worldly WisdomThe Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647 · Baltasar Gracián) — Concealment. Three hundred maxims…How the world worksThe Wealth of NationsThe Wealth of Nations (1776 · Adam Smith) — The invisible hand. Adam Smith was professor…Mind and feelingWang YangmingWang Yangming (Ming · 1472–1529) — Knowing is doing. A philosopher who was also the most…Learning and growthXu XiakeXu Xiake (Ming · Jiangyin · 1587-1641) — The long road. A Ming-dynasty traveller from…Power and organisationZhang JuzhengZhang Juzheng (Ming · 1525–1582) — Reform and the reckoning. In two hundred and seventy…