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(text Taken from Pratolino, the alchemical dream of Francesco I de 'Medici, myths, symbols and allegories, by Costanza Riva) "Wonder or amazement is nothing more than a great desire to know the cause of some effects." This is how Francesco de ’Vieri, a philosopher with deep hermetic knowledge at the court of Francesco I, expresses himself in his "Of the wonderful Works of Pratolino & Amore", describing the feelings that he was able to provoke at the time. He himself considers the art of "wonder" as the first result of all human activities and all sciences, a feeling of sudden [...]