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My Secret Book (The I Tatti Renaissance Library)

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My Secret Book (The I Tatti Renaissance Library)

Francesco Petrarca (1304â€“1374), one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive literary Latin, the language of the Roman Empire, and Greco-Roman culture in general. My Secret Book (Secretum) records â€œthe private conflict of my thoughts,â€ in the form of a dialogue between Franciscus and Augustinus in the presence of a beautiful woman, Truth personified. The discussion reveals remarkable self-awareness as Petrarca probes and evaluates the springs of his own morally dubious addictions to Fame and Love.