By ascending the mountain, Petrarch reorients his perspective, in the grand scope of time and space, around himself. It takes him to endure this experience, to get closer to the divine, to ultimately lead to true introspection. He experiences a physically transcendental experience after which he realizes the true experience was inside him all along. That is Humanism, the belief that human beings and human experience are the starting point for all philosophical knowledge.
Teaching is a series of selections. It's unfair to expect any one teacher to offer up everything you need for an understanding of a concept. You should also expect that the necessary context for you might be different from what others need to grasp the same ideas. Thankfully, anyone with internet access these days can find alternatives. This is a miraculous age for learning.
You're right. My mistake. Sometimes talking without a script is an invitation to error. Plus, importantly, I'm kind of a dope. Thanks for correcting the record.
So thankful I found this! Has really help me better understand my readings for class. Thank you!
thank you. I'm glad you're getting to know Petrarch.
By ascending the mountain, Petrarch reorients his perspective, in the grand scope of time and space, around himself. It takes him to endure this experience, to get closer to the divine, to ultimately lead to true introspection. He experiences a physically transcendental experience after which he realizes the true experience was inside him all along. That is Humanism, the belief that human beings and human experience are the starting point for all philosophical knowledge.
Thanks for adding. This is terrific context.
thank you for this my Art History Teacher sucks at explaining any of this and now i gotta make 3 page essay on a concept she never explained
Teaching is a series of selections. It's unfair to expect any one teacher to offer up everything you need for an understanding of a concept. You should also expect that the necessary context for you might be different from what others need to grasp the same ideas. Thankfully, anyone with internet access these days can find alternatives. This is a miraculous age for learning.
Thank you for this analysis Professor Parker! Loved the deeper look into what seems to be a very short work, helped a lot within my class.
Glad to help. Petrarch's short work is by far his best. The longer stuff only lives on in mid-level Latin classes.
thank you :)
Thanks for watching.
minute1:01 "...North-East of France". Nope: it is located in the South-East
You're right. My mistake. Sometimes talking without a script is an invitation to error. Plus, importantly, I'm kind of a dope. Thanks for correcting the record.