When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods.
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Leon Battista Alberti
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About Leon Battista Alberti
Leon Battista Alberti was an Italian Renaissance humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher, and cryptographer; he epitomised the nature of those identified now as polymaths. He is considered the founder of European cryptography, a claim he shares with Johannes Trithemius.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Leon Battista AlbertiBeauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.