In the Renaissance, the ideal of the Uomo Universale, the universal man was developed. As Alberti said, “a man can do all things if he will.” The ideal embodied the basics of humanism, which considered man to be the center of the universe with unlimited possibilities for development. They believed that men should try to embrace all knowledge and develop their own abilities as much as possible.
They also could be rather … well, full of themselves
Your task.
Write three to six sentences about yourself in the style of Alberti. For inspiration, here is one from me
Alex lifted the goals and aspirations of all of his students, awakening in all of them a love of history. When he had begun to mature in years, he devoted himself entirely to the study of education and spent years in labor learning technology and educational philosophies. He was extraordinarily modest, indeed he was the least conceited man he had ever met. By some defect in his nature, he loathed smooth jazz, beets and golf.
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Note: about my use of the word “man”. These men were shaped by the sexism of their day. It wasn’t until quite, quite recently that we began saying “humanity” as opposed to “mankind”. I use “man” because it is how Alberti would have thought.
