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Sir Philip Sidney Renaissance Man, A Spirit without Spot

Elizabethan courtier, statesman, soldier, poet, and patron

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Sir Philip Sidney Renaissance Man, A Spirit without Spot

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Sir Philip Sidney was an Elizabethan courtier, statesman, soldier, poet, and patron of scholars and poets.

He was famous as the ideal gentleman of his day and a model for subsequent generations until the twentieth century replaced classical education with industrial age expedience. He represents something of what we have lost in modern self-interest.

For three centuries, he was considered the most extraordinary man of the English Renaissance. But unfortunately, his legacy has faded from modern prominence. Nevertheless, it is fascinating to peer into the past and discover a singular person that our forbearers identified and aspired to as a worthy model for their behavior and inspiration.

For centuries he was considered a towering figure of impeccable character and represented the highest ideals of chivalry and intellectual and literary excellence. Now he is all but forgotten.

What made him so famous was not what he did but who he was: the personification of the Elizabethan concept of gentlemanly conduct. His reputation was based on the personal assessment of all who met him.

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Horribly written, atrociously voiced by AI

AI voice is THE WORST! Not only does “she” have any emotion (beheading and celebrations have the exact same tone) but no one checked her pronunciation. Years are sometimes read as they should be, sometimes as “one thousand, five-hundred”. When referring to poetic form, “she” says ABBA like the rock band. Petrarch is pronounced “Pete Arc”. Aside from the annoying AI blunders, the writing is repetitive, uninspiring, and somehow manages to make one of the most fascinating lives of Elizabethan England into a complete bore.

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