somberness
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Alt. of Sombreness
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he struck a match to dispel the gloom
Gathering a small group of devout scholars who sought to attain spiritual perfection, whom he often berated and mocked, he always stressed the importance of both somberness and totality, stating it was better to be fully wicked than only somewhat good.
This somberness of attitude in Ficino's text would be further developed later by Charles de Bouelles ' Liber de Sapiente of 1509 which presented a mix of both scholastic and Neoplatonic ideas.