How to Achieve True Greatness Book

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves—and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war, and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked, and comforted. They have enriched lives—and destroyed them. We are publishing twelve works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals, and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization over the course of the last millennium and helped make us who we are.

Baldesar Castiglione, HOW TO ACHIEVE TRUE GREATNESS: In his witty and perceptive discourses on the ideal virtues of a Renaissance courtier, Castiglione set out values that continue to offer illumination in questions of leadership and government—espousing such qualities as prudence, courage, loyalty, affability, and style, and even the playing of sport as the best ways to gain influence and power.