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In Olivabassa, Cosimo introduces the Spanish nobles there to Enlightenment ideas. This shows first how entrenched and up to date Cosimo is on Enlightenment ideas. He’s had several years in which to read philosophers’ work at this point, and now, he’s able to practice teaching and spreading those ideas to others—others whom, he might suggest, are in dire need of such education.
Then, the specific ideas that Cosimo is talking about (in particular, that sovereigns are wrong) ties in with the general Enlightenment sentiment that government and society as they were at the time were fundamentally corrupt and didn’t allow…