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De vita solitaria ("Of Solitary Life" or "On the Solitary Life"; translated as The Life of Solitude) is a philosophical treatise composed in Latin and written between 1346 and 1356 (mainly in Lent of 1346) by Italian Renaissance humanist Petrarch. It constitutes an apology of solitude dedicated to his friend Philippe de Cabassoles. [1] [2]
In 1346, Petrarch declared in his De vita solitaria that Celestine's refusal was a virtuous example of solitary life. [34] Pope Celestine V is referenced in Chapter 88 of Dan Brown's Angels & Demons, where he is controversially referenced as an example of a murdered pope. Brown writes that an X-ray of his tomb "revealed a ten-inch nail driven ...
Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.
[1] "Big Mama's Funeral" (Spanish: Los funerales de la Mamá Grande) is a short story by Gabriel García Márquez.In the story, an unidentified narrator [2] tells a mythical account of a historical event summarized on the first page.
I, the Worst of All (Spanish: Yo, la peor de todas) is an Argentine biographical drama film cowritten and directed by María Luisa Bemberg and starring Assumpta Serna, Dominique Sanda and Héctor Alterio. The film was released in 1990 and is a biopic on the life of the famous poetess and nun Juana Inés de la Cruz.
Get ready to meet seven generations of the Buendía family in Macondo as Netflix releases its first-look at the first-ever adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's award-winning tale, One Hundred ...
Secretum (De secreto conflictu curarum mearum, translated as The Secret or My Secret Book) is a trilogy of dialogues in Latin written by Petrarch sometime from 1342 to 1353, [1] in which he examines his faith with the help of Saint Augustine, and "in the presence of The Lady Truth". [2]
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