A couple of years ago I had a mild obsession with Petrarch (1304-1374) , whose life had before/after black-death parts. He was 44 when it hit in 1348. I’m 45 now. Similar personalities in many ways. Globalist in a world that suddenly deglobalized. ribbonfarm.com/2017/11/30/pro
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He was more past-oriented Straussian than me though. I like history enough but not to the point is go hunting down Cicero’s letters and stuff. And afaict he had no interest in the future, but then nobody back then did.


