In Petrarch's dialogue, "My Secret", St. Augustine depicts human life as an ongoing quest for virtue and self-discovery, which one should approach with humility and modesty. He maintains that life is a challenging period of trials and tribulations and that one must confront these challenges without succumbing to the corruption and debauchery inherent within them. "How many are the things that tempt your soul to perilous flights. You must take every precaution not to fall..." (Petrarch, Paragraph 9) Life, according to St. Augustine, is not a time for flaunting one's…
