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32: Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci • Part 1: The Inner Life of Genius

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The Death of Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci died on May 2nd, 1519. Thirty years earlier, he wrote in his notebook: As a well spent day brings a happy sleep, so a well employed life brings a happy death. It's known that Leonardo rarely spoke or wrote about religion. He seemed to consciously avoid it. Once writing, he would not endeavor to write or give information of those things which the human mind is incapable and which cannot be proved by an instance of nature. Such matters in Leonardo's opinion were left to the minds of friars and fathers of the people who by inspiration possess the secrets.

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