glossary Flashcards
(23 cards)
integrity
honourable acts/behaviours
assay
test or determine the quality of something
harmartia
an error of judgement
treatise
formal piece of writing with one specific subject
principality
the state, office or authority of a prince. A ruling supreme, opposite of a democracy
machiavellian
a cunning, scheming and unscrupulous
malcontent
person who is dissatisfied and rebellious
quintessential
a perfect/typical example
eponymous hero
same name, character and title.
e.g. Othello = character, ‘Othello’ = whole play
to other
view or treat a person/group of people intrinsically different from and alien to oneself
paradox
two things seeming to contradict each other, but both may be true
e.g. less is more
dichotomy
something divided into two different, often opposing parts
e.g. ‘good vs evil’
binary
refers to system or structure
endowed
gifted
insidious
all around/spreads easily
fawning
displaying exaggerated flattery
ensign
low military rank
devilment
mischief
complicit
being responsible for, or involved in, an action which is morally wrong
augustan period
- writing and art from the early 1700s
- interest in roman and greek art and philosophy
- after augustus, a leader in ancient rome
neoplatonic
- new modern name for greek philosophy
- believed human perfection and happiness were possible on earth without waiting for an afterlife
- achieved through philosophical contemplation
renaissance humanism
- revival of the study of classical antiquity
- started in italy and then spread across western europe
- included the interest that human beings were at the centre of the universe
transgressive
- involving a violation of moral or social boundaries
