02010cam a22004213u 4500 49450 UtSlPG 20260610134133.0 m cr n 260607r2015||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 12003826 UtSlPG en iso639-1 PQ Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374 Secretum. English Petrarch's Secret; or, the Soul's Conflict with Passion : Three Dialogues Between Himself and S. Augustine Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2015 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretum_(book) Release date is 2015-07-16 Produced by Marc D'Hooghe "Petrarch's Secret; or, the Soul's Conflict with Passion" by Francesco Petrarca is a trilogy of dialogues in Latin written between 1342 and 1353. In this deeply personal work, Petrarch examines his faith through imagined conversations with Saint Augustine, who challenges him on his devotion to earthly love and poetic fame. Augustine argues these passions bind Petrarch's will and prevent him from embracing God fully. The work reflects Petrarch's struggle to reconcile his Renaissance humanism with Christian faith. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Christian fiction Christian saints -- Fiction Imaginary conversations Dialogues, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Translations into English Dialogues Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430 -- Fiction Hippo (Extinct city) -- Fiction Draper, William H., 1855-1933 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49450 90288 90288