FELV - "Borgia"

LUCREZIA BORGIA 

1) PHYSICS ("owner") 

2) EMOTION ("actor") 

3) LOGIC ("skeptic") 

4) WILL ("serf") 

Lucrezia Borgia was the daughter of Pope Alexander I and the sister of Cesare Borgia. She was, according to one biographer, "endowed with all the charms of a rich female nature, but weak and spineless, she became the plaything of the unscrupulous politics and nefarious passions of her father and brother. Characterized by remarkable beauty, wit, education, and a love of art, she could be considered one of the most brilliant women of her time, if she had not been in the shadow of the sad glory of her immoral family. The above lines already describe the entire psychotype of the "Borja," all that remains for us to do is to specify the details. 

Lucretia had a special place in the Papa's ("Papa" literally and figuratively) marriage plans, of course, as a tool. She had already been engaged twice before she was thirteen, and at thirteen she was married to a third suitor for her hand. The marriage was short-lived, something in her father's plans changed, and she was divorced and given to another. When Lucrezia turned 20, a criminal couple, her father and brother, once again decided to replay the former marriage scam, organized an attempt on her husband, and he was mortally wounded. Lucrezia did all she could to save her husband and alleviate his suffering, but Cesare, soon after visiting the wounded man, ordered him to be strangled, which was carried out. In her widowhood Lucrezia gave birth to a boy, but it should be added that by that time she was already "raising a three-year-old child, Giovanni, whom she calls her brother, and in two bulls, now preserved in the Modena archive, Alexander YI recognizes the child in one as the son of Cesare Borgia and in the other as his own. This double acknowledgement of paternity and the common rumor of his contemporaries is expressed in Sannazar's couplet: 

"Here rests Lucretia by name, but in reality 

Taisa, Alexandra - daughter, wife and daughter-in-law." 

Indeed, contemporaries told more than savory stories about relations in the papal family: as if Lucrezia presided at papal orgies, covering her nakedness only with a piece of transparent cloth, as if once a herd of stallions and mares was driven into the courtyard in front of the papal palace, the pope and his daughter watched the violent mating horses from the window, and then retreated for long periods in the papal bedchamber. 

After her third marriage, Lucrezia "retired from the dissolute orgies of the papal palace in Rome and led a more modest life in Ferrara, surrounded by a brilliant court of artists, scholars and poets. Among the latter was Ariosto, who dedicated an octave to her in his "Orlando the Innocent," where he praises her beauty and high mental qualities. Obviously, the impressionable, soft, weak Lucretia was quite dependent on her surroundings and there was more passive indifference to evil and good in her character than an active criminal will." 

In the life of Lucrezia, a creature of sensuality, sensitivity, and malleability (1st Physics, 2nd Emotion, 4th Will), one can easily see the scope of this type. The Borja woman is the perfect prostitute. Combination of thick-skinned 1st Physics and careless 4th Will makes "borja" insensitive to those bodily and mental traumas, which are indispensable companions of this trade. The presence of the 2nd Emotion only increases her attractiveness in the ways of carnal sin. "Borja is a woman of celebration. Usually lazy, slovenly, sour from clever talk (3rd Logic), she is all transformed when the time comes to leave her affairs, to surrender to her tenderness, nonchalance and merriment. Here "borja" is at her own plate, and there is no one better to decorate the festive table with her developed, appetizing forms, sparkling lively look, cute jokes, charming smile, who would so awaken carnal desires with a sense of permissiveness and excite the feelings of man, asleep under the chloroform of everyday bustle. 

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"Borgia" is not only the ideal prostitute, but, in her male form, also the ideal soldier. This parallel may seem strange at first glance, but in fact there is nothing strange about it. The combination of thick-skinnedness and compliant nature inherent in "Borja" (1st Physics with the 4th Will) is as much a prerequisite for successful military service as it is for success in the service of Aphrodite. It is hard to find a better candidate for the role of an ideal soldier than "Borja": fearless, indifferent to blood and suffering (1st Physics), not inclined to discuss orders (3rd Logic), much less to condemn them (4th Will) - he is quite in place in soldiering. To get a concrete idea of what a Borja soldier looks and acts like, let us turn to the figure of Joachim Murat, Napoleon's cavalry commander and king of Naples. 

Both his own and others recognized Murat at a mile away. In accordance with his usual tendency to kitsch, he liked to dress up in a Christmas tree-like uniform he himself had invented and to decorate his hat with a plume of incredible size, which both made him smile and smile. Colencoeur recalled: "His unfortunate passion for opulent costumes led to the fact that this bravest of kings, this king of the brave had the appearance of the king of boulevards. The emperor found him ridiculous, told him so and repeated it aloud, but he was not angry at this quirk, which the soldiers liked..." 

Although Murat met Napoleon when he was already a brigadier general, there is some truth in the Emperor's words: "He owes me everything. Such is the fate of the "serfs": to owe anything to anyone. I think Murat himself would not dispute what was said, because after marrying the emperor's sister he attributed himself to his kin and liked to call himself "Joachim Napoleon," thereby voluntarily and willingly demonstrating his loyal feelings. 

Remembering Murat, Napoleon added: "He loved, even adored me. He was my right hand, but left to himself he lost all energy. In the sight of the enemy Murat surpassed all the bravery in the world, in the field he was a true knight, in the office braggart without a mind and determination. There is no general in the world more capable of commanding the cavalry than Murat. At first glance, Napoleon's praise of Murat looks more than ambiguous: Murat is an excellent commander: brainless and indecisive. However, the specifics of Napoleon's (see) views on the merits and demerits of his subordinates should be taken into account. In his opinion, they had to be distinguished by bravery and loyalty, and he took the rest upon himself (a thinking and independent general would only get in the way and get in the way). 

However, the emperor was somewhat mistaken about Murat's mental abilities; he was not as stupid as he might have seemed from the outside, especially from Napoleon's side. For example, Murat, albeit at the instigation of his chief of staff, foresaw the disastrous consequences of the campaign to Russia, but simply did not dare to appear with gloomy prophecies before the eyes of his formidable suzerain and brother-in-law. Colencourt said that Murat "saw the difficulties of the Russian campaign and, in conversations with some individuals, grieved about their consequences beforehand. General Belliard, his chief of staff, had no illusions; a man of noble soul, he did not hide from the King his views and the misfortunes that his foresight foresaw. But the king's best intentions dissipated as soon as he saw the enemy or heard cannon fire. He could then no longer control his ardor. He dreamed of all the success his courage could achieve. 

There was no one more obliging than him, even to those whom he thought he had a right to complain about. He loved the emperor, saw his faults, and understood the consequences of them, but he had in his character a tendency to flattery... this disposition almost as much paralyzed all his good intentions as the influence the emperor had long had over him." 

From the words of Colencoeur it is clear that Murat clamped his mouth out of natural comportment, i.e., in terms of psychosophy because of the 4th Will. And from the characteristic contradiction between the 3rd Logic and the 1st Physics, it followed inexorably that the opportunity to distinguish herself in violence, instantly blew out of her head the few sober thoughts that occasionally visited her. Though to be fair, it should be noted that there was wisdom in Murat's silence. Others, bypassing him, tried to introduce an element of realism into the emperor's ideas about the existing and coming state of affairs, but all their remarks he passed over his ears, it was not in Napoleon's nature to perceive the bitter truth. So, Murat's silence is understandable. 

While seemingly absolutely loyal to Napoleon, Murat, after marrying the Emperor's sister and ascending the Neapolitan throne, began to behave ambiguously, began, contrary to his 4th Will, to hesitate strangely. The Emperor, who had known Caroline Bonaparte since childhood, had no difficulty in explaining this metamorphosis to himself. He said: "The queen has more energy in her little finger than in the whole king ... He has a good heart; deep down he loves me more than his lazzaroni. When he sees me, he is mine, but away from me he, like all characterless men, succumbs to whoever flatters him and befriends him... His wife is ambitious and has put into his head a thousand crazy schemes: he wants to own the whole of Italy. Thus Murat was caught between the powerful wills of his brother-in-law and his wife, as between a hammer and an anvil, and was completely subservient to whoever was near. 

When none of them was near, Murat simply lost his head. This is what happened, for example, when Napoleon left the trunks of the Great Army, which was pulling out of Russia, on him. Under the pressure of circumstances and assertive generals, he quickly bowed out and fled, thus completing the defeat. But no matter how Napoleon later blamed Murat for the latest misfortune, he himself was to blame, because the Emperor deliberately appointed Murat as commander, against the will of the army, and thus consciously condemned the rest of it to destruction, so that his stepson, Prince Eugene, would not have the laurels of a savior. 

After Napoleon's first abdication, Murat began to throw himself into all sorts of adventures, ending with a surprising consistency in his total collapse. This went on until, at the wall of the Neapolitan prison, the last point in the life of the old servant condemned to be shot. But as much as we pity the famous brave and shirtless man, there is something of a pattern in Murat's death. All the Napoleonic marshals, in whose psychotype the 4th Will can be seen (Pears, Berthier, Ney, Murat), could not boast of a happy ending to their lives. 

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Among famous politicians, the Polish King Sigismund II Augustus and American President Warren Harding can very likely be considered "Borja". The rule of Sigismund the Poles attribute to one of the most brilliant periods of their history, the rule of Harding the Americans consider a national disgrace, but, according to historians, the former has no personal merit in it, while the latter has no personal guilt. Both were toys in the hands of their entourage, and their political face is roughly but accurately sketched by Harding's father, who once told his son: "Warren, if you were a maiden, you'd be going to sleep forever. You just don't know how to say no." Remembering the fate of Lucrezia Borgia, such an appraisal is eminently prescient.