The man of Pietro Aretino

During read of letters of (1492-1556) sometime befalls that some punctual reference to human nature there is, and Aretino very synthetically shows very truth of human kind. The first notation is regard religion; in fact in a letter he has expressed that man doesn’t religion when is predominant private interest; it is very truth, when Charles 5^th, catholic imperator, want alliance with protestant to destroy Francis 1th, king of France; therefore religion, now, is very inopportune and Charles 5^th and he didn’t consider that his allies are protestant because enemy is Francis 1th; in other letter, to Gian Antonio from Foligno(Italian city), and dated 3th April 1537, he said, regard his book: “…of people that has accused I laugh because is costume to reproach laudable thing…”, it is very truth because to envy critic and other offences to something or somebody, above all to a very remarkable thing. Other letter in 5^th 1537he said about Alessandro de Medici:…I give honor and cry him by men that would not honored and cry never, I have took lodes to him from mounts  who, to envy, reproach him”, to blame somebody alone to envy is natural human kind. In the 3th may of 1537 other letter has equal judgement about envy: “The richness brazen audacity of evils is cause of these whisper that other give against your fame”, this is common people sais against you because you are rich and famous; thereupon usually envy. All continues always to same way, because in other letter he says: “I have very cure dearest son, that the melancholic reproach me because if they lode me I therefore seem as them. And envies with offense to me the virtues they think angry, on contrary they I am happy because I begin become glorious because I am envied”, and other letter was right: “…because habit worry in house the perfidy, man is habit to bear offenses and he became king of patience…”, everything is true because with habit every man considers offenses as natural reaction, therefore it is became natural.

Alessandro Lusana