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. (Leon Battista Alberti)

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.

Leon Battista Alberti

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