"This book offers the first comprehensive study of the reception of the classical tradition in medieval Catalan letters, a multilingual process involving not only Latin and Catalan, but also neighbouring vernaculars like Aragonese, Castilian, French, and Italian. The authors survey the development of classical literacy from the twelfth-century Aragonese royal courts until the arrival of the printing press and the dissemination of Italian ..."
"Every day an event occurs, the rising and setting of the Sun. It happens every day and it has been this way during millions of years (since the beginning of time). Inevitable it is that this event should happen as inevitable is it that men’s life has a beginning and an end in this world. Whatever we do, our fate is inevitable as it is this rising and setting of the Sun. Being aware of the fact that our environment as we know it has an e ..."