Lorenzo de Medici

Genre: Biography
Title: Macnifico, The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de' Medici
Author:  Miles J. Unger

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What is "the great human path"?

The great human path is interpreted in many different ways depending on what to you is great. I see the great human path as the path where some extraordinary human beings walk on achieve greatness while spreading joy and kindness to the people around them. Where people who are on the path have to achieve something great or have to behave in a way that is considered great. I think of the great human path more of a journey then the destination to which some extraordinary human is walking on blessing people either with knowledge or any thing that may effect this world in a good way. Even though some people consider someone a hero others may not, but if someone did deserve the title the hero they surely had to pass through the path of being a great human.

Whats my heros early life?

There are not a lot of facts about the early life of my hero other then him being raised right with a lot of wealth and power considering that his father was the king of Florance. He was put to the thrown at a quite young age, 20 years old to be more precise. Right from the beginning of his ruling he was great leader truly kind to his people. Then he married a women that was no blood related that might have angered some of the citizens. His wife being shy did not help with the problem

In your opinion how did these facts (above) reflect/influence your figure?  

Well seeing a little bit of tough love from his crowd by marrying a women that was not blood related was good for my hero because he had to learn that the crowd won't always agree with what he has to say but that also he should continue being a great leader not making his people scared of him but rather respect him and name him magnificent

  "What I have dreamed in one hour is worth more than what you have done in four."
~ Lorenzo de' Medici (to a friend who scolded him for sleeping late, qtd. in Baldassare Castiglione, "The Book of the Courtier")