Thumos
(θυμός)
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('To love with all one's
heart')
Our hearts beat fast, my Prince, when, beneath the sweet
lime tree,
that emerald with a thousand facets cut by
Night,
we drank the words chiselled by the
genius,
of Alberti, of Manutius, of della
Mirandola.
Notes:
1. Thumos (Greek):
'heart'
2. Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), Aldus Manutius
(1449-1515), (Giovanni Pico della
Mirandola
(1463-1494): three of the most
famous Italian humanists
Traduit du français en anglais par Norton Hodges
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