Four Essays
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" I beheve, " he says in the Secretum, " that the glory for which one is allowed to hope on earth should be sought during this life on earth, to the end that a more splen- did glory may be enjoyed in Heaven, having attained which, one will no longer wish to think of this earth. " The shrewd St. Augustine points out the senselessness 73 PETRARCH THE MAN of the poet, who, trying to win earthly fame in Heaven, is Hkely to fall between two stools; and he quotes the Africa, wherein Petrarch describe...s the successive deaths of man's fame, due to the rivalry of new aspirants for glory, to the decay of tombstones and of books. He advocates the acquisition of a certain kind of fame which naturally accompanies virtue. Let Petrarch be virtuous, then, and win the real fame; let him abandon his literary works. This is too much for our author, who decides that he will first complete his books, and then give himself up entirely to virtue. St. Augustine takes leave of him with the hope that he may be suc- cessful, and Petrarch shares that hope.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" I beheve, " he says in the Secretum, " that the glory for which one is allowed to hope on earth should be sought during this life on earth, to the end that a more splen- did glory may be enjoyed in Heaven, having attained which, one will no longer wish to think of this earth. " The shrewd St. Augustine points out the senselessness 73 PETRARCH THE MAN of the poet, who, trying to win earthly fame in Heaven, is Hkely to fall between two stools; and he quotes the Africa, wherein Petrarch describe...s the successive deaths of man's fame, due to the rivalry of new aspirants for glory, to the decay of tombstones and of books. He advocates the acquisition of a certain kind of fame which naturally accompanies virtue. Let Petrarch be virtuous, then, and win the real fame; let him abandon his literary works. This is too much for our author, who decides that he will first complete his books, and then give himself up entirely to virtue. St. Augustine takes leave of him with the hope that he may be suc- cessful, and Petrarch shares that hope.
What to read after Four Essays?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Murray Anthony Potter to read onlineMoreLess
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