Edited by Patricia Stammers, Saturday, 31 Aug 2013, 08:15
'The ultimate truth with respect to the character, the conscience, and the guilt of a people remains for ever a secret; if only for the reason that its defects have another side, where they reappear as peculiarities or even as virtues.'
Reference Phaidon Press, Burckhardt, J. The Civilization of The Renaissance In Italy, p.11
'From the lofty tower of Cremona' (Burckhardt)
'The ultimate truth with respect to the character, the conscience, and the guilt of a people remains for ever a secret; if only for the reason that its defects have another side, where they reappear as peculiarities or even as virtues.'
Reference Phaidon Press, Burckhardt, J. The Civilization of The Renaissance In Italy, p.11
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