Leonardo da Vinci: the childhood To understand why Leonardo neglected painting and devoted himself to scientific research it is necessary to understand this man deeply. He searched for the deepest meaning of life that is the meaning of life itself. Leonardo himself didn’t have a clear idea of what he was looking for. But what was Leonardo’s cultural background? Firstly,he defined himself an uncultured man (omo sanzalettere) and for this reason he was unable to master western philosophy and particularly Greek philosophy. For this reason it was impossible he knew that the Epicurians and above all Lucretius, many centuries before had denied the existence of every god.
Leonardo da Vinci Everybody knows that Leonardo was a very great painter and a genius of the Renaissance. However, his colleagues thought that some things about his behaviour were very strange, they didn’t understand him at all, and still today these obscure aspects make him enigmatic. Leonardo had achieved excellent results with his painting. He lived a good life, spent lots of money, wore elegant clothes, ate quality food and was very generous economically to his young apprentices. Then, at a certain point in his life Leonardo did a strange thing, he decided to neglect painting and devote himself, nearly exclusively, to scientific research. His painter colleagues couldn’t understand this choice – why give up something that gives you such a good life?
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