<i>Quanto piace al mondo è breve sogno.</i> Petrarch and Schopenhauer: Elective Affinities
Art plays a fundamental role in Arthur Schopenhauer’s philosophical system, and among the many artists who Schopenhauer cites, Francis Petrarch may be considered the most significant. Schopenhauer includes Petrarch among his favorite authors, referring to him as “the poet of [his] heart” and quoting...
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Oregon Digital
2011-02-01
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| Series: | Humanist Studies & The Digital Age |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.oregondigital.org/index.php/hsda/article/view/1191 |