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And what is the use of knowing many things if, when you have learned the dimensions of heaven and earth, the measure of the seas, the courses of star… - Petrarch
" "And what is the use of knowing many things if, when you have learned the dimensions of heaven and earth, the measure of the seas, the courses of stars, the virtues of plants and stones, the secrets of nature, you still don’t know yourself?
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About Petrarch
Francesco Petrarca (or Petrarch) (July 20, 1304 – July 19, 1374) was an Italian scholar, poet, and early humanist. Petrarch and Dante are considered the fathers of the Renaissance.
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Francesco Petrarca
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Francesco Peetrarque
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Francesco Petrarch
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Francis Petrarch
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