As "the father of Italian Renaissance humanism," Petrarch embraced all of the following EXCEPT:
A. pursuing the intellectual life in communities.
B. seeking out ancient Latin manuscripts.
C. using the works of Cicero as a model.
D. discovering forgotten manuscripts in monasteries.
E. emulating Virgil for poetry.
Answer: A
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