The Compleat Gentleman The Modern Mans Guide to Chivalry 英文教學正式版





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TheCompleatGentlemanTheModernMansGuidetoChivalry英文教學正式版

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這是一本講述現代人如何成為像古代一樣的騎士的書籍。首先闡述了紳士的含義，然
後講了如何才能做到有紳士風度的人。


AccordingtoMiner,anexecutiveeditoratBookspan,formerliterary
editorofNationalReviewandauthorofTheConciseConservative
Encyclopedia,atruegentlemanisamasteroftheartofsprezzatura.
Theterm,asusedbytheRenaissancewriterCastiglione,referstoa
wayoflifecharacterizedbydiscretionanddecorum,nonchalanceand
gracefulness〞or,asMinerdefinesit,thecoolexemplifiedbythe
meninfirstclassontheTitanicwhowentbravelytotheirdeaths
ineveningclothes.Underneaththisunflappablequality,whichsays
isnotdeterminedbybirthorclass,residesamanwhoisatoncea
warrior(areadinesstofacebattleforajustcause),lover(helets
awomanbewhatshewantstobe)andmonk(amanpossessingtrue
knowledge).Ineruditeandwittyprose,Minerexploresthesethree
facetsofhisconceptofthegentlemanthroughanengagingsurveyof
knighthood,warfareandcourtship,"compleat"withthetitle's
archaicspelling.Beyondaliberalsprinklingofquotesfromthe
likesofG.K.ChestertonandEdmundBurke,theauthorprovidesa
learnedrompthroughtheworldsofEleanorofAquitaine,theCathars
(amedievalhereticalsect)andBenedictinemonasticism.Miner's
theoriesareconsistentlyentertaining,andseempitchedtowarda
defenseofhisconservativeviewofcontemporarypolitics,including
hisendorsement(inthebook)oftheIraqwar.Infact,Miner
believesthatapacifistcanbeagentlemanonlyifheisalsoa
saint,and,ingentlemanlikefashion,heacknowledgeshisguiltabout
hisC.O.statusduringtheVietnamWar.











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