Essay About Good Shape And Important Factor

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Castiglione approached manners in a much different way. Castiglione believed in someone who was strong and perfect. He should be able to skillful in handling weapons and horses, for the art of war. “And therefore will I have him to be of good shape, and well proportioned in his limbs, and to show strength, lightness, and quickness, and to have an understanding in all exercises of the body that belong to a man of war. And herein I think the chief point is to handle well a kind of weapon both for footman and horseman, and to know the vantages in it.” He was also expected to be able to hunt, swim, and play tennis. Hunting was important because it had almost the same nature as war. “And of them methinks hunting is one of the chiefest, for it hath a certain likeness with war, and truly a pastime for great men, and fit for one living in court.” Swimming was another important factor in a way such that if he were to encounter a problem during war, he would able to handle it. “It is meet for him to also have the art of swimming, to leap, to run, to cast the stone; for besides the profit that he may receive of this in the wars, it happeneth to him many times to make proof of himself in such things, whereby he getteth him a reputation, especially among the multitude, unto whom a man must sometime apply himself.” Tennis would allow the person to achieve qualities valuable to war. “Also it is a noble exercise and meet for one living in court to play at tennis, where the disposition of the body, the quickness and nimbleness of every member, is much perceived, and almost whatsoever a man can see in all other exercisesÐ.” He would also have to have high intelligence, along with reserved manners. Castigliones philosophy was more reserved, where the courtier would have to be good looking, intelligent, and physically capable.