| Description |
1 online resource (245 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover Page -- Half Title Page, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication, Epigraph -- Contents -- Chronology of Petrarch's Intellectual World -- Introduction -- THE LIFE OF SOLITUDE -- Preface -- BOOK 1 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Misery of the Busy Man and the Happiness of the Solitary Man -- 3. The Difference in the Lot of the Busy Man and the Solitary Man -- 4. Virtues of the Solitary Life -- 5. Sweetness of the Solitary Life -- 6. Freedom of the Solitary Life -- 7. Nature and Friendship in the Solitary Life -- 8. Joy of the Solitary Life -- 9. Boredom and Vulgarity of City Life |
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10. Temperance and the Solitary Life -- BOOK 2 -- 1. Examples from History -- 2. Biblical Patriarchs -- 3. Prophets -- 4. Saints: Silvester to Augustine -- 5. Saints: Jerome and Some Virtuous Women -- 6. Saints: Gregory the Great to Francis -- 7. Saints: Remigius and Bernard -- 8. Saints: Carloman to Celestine V -- 9. A Digression on the Loss of the Holy Land and the Cowardice of Our Princes and Popes -- 10. Most Exalted Examples of Solitary Life: Christ, Mary, and David -- 11. Non-Christian Examples -- 12. Philosophers and Poets -- 13. Emperors and Military Leaders |
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14. The Nature and Virtues of This Solitary Life -- 15. Refutations and Commendations -- Appendix: De vita solitaria: Sections and Chapters according to the Bâle Edition, 1554 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Solitude -- Religious aspects.
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Solitude.
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Solitude -- Religious aspects
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Solitude
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zeitlin, Jacob
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Moore, Scott H
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| ISBN |
9781481320429 |
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1481320424 |
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