Petrarch's Secret, or the Soul's Conflict with Passion (Three Dialogues Between Himself and St. Augustine
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Petrarch was not the first man to find a certain contradiction between his desires and the possibilities of life around him, and to pass many years under the pain of contrary attractions that could not all be followed to fulfilment This conflict is what gives interest to the Secretum. Some have thought, and the idea was expressed by one of his correspondents, that his love for Laura was very much of a literary pose. Yet that such a view is an insufficient...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1515135578
ISBN13:9781515135579
Release Date:July 2015
Publisher:Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Length:112 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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