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The Medieval Church · c. 1347–1353
My Secret Book
Secretum Meum
Francesco Petrarca · 1304–1374
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What it is
An imagined dialogue in which Augustine cross-examines the author about his desire for fame and his love for Laura, and the author declines to be cured.
Why it lasted
The most searching self-analysis between Augustine and the moderns, and a founding document of Renaissance humanism's inner life.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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