Leopardi was able to (fore-)see how in the "progress" of poetry a human distortion was hidden, in the sense of a detachment from the sacred bond that unites man to natural life, i.e. to creation. And this distortion was clearly seen in romantic poetry, which was a further step, such as Humanism and the French Revolution, for example, which led humanity over the centuries to detach itself from what is its role, of being created in the image of creation, and therefore of its Creator. And today we see the outcome: the immense devastation caused by the tenets of globalism. The civilization that romantic poets sang has led to love the " vezzi terreni " (the earthly ones of the translation beneath) and to despise the eternal works instead so that the eternal values have decayed to such an extent that they became mere polytheistic adoration of money, earthly wealth, eternal human youth, etc... And humanity has now established itself as a candidate for immortality through ...
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