The contemplative life is not a withdrawal from the world bu... - Giambattista della Porta

"The contemplative life is not a withdrawal from the world but an engagement with its truths."

Giambattista della Porta Philosophy

Dramatist Scientist Polymath Italian 1535–1615

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