▁m ansion ▁on ▁S ut ivan , ▁on ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁Bra č , ▁where ▁he ▁retired ▁after ▁military ▁and ▁legisl ative ▁career , ▁K avan jin ▁wrote ▁the ▁most ▁vol umin as ▁poet ical ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁whole ▁Cro at ian ▁literature ▁( approx . ▁ 3 2 ▁ 5 0 0 ▁vers es ): ▁P ovi est ▁van đ el ska ▁bog at oga ▁a ▁n es ret na ▁Ep ul una ▁i ▁ub og oga ▁a ▁č est ita ▁Laz ara , ▁usually ▁referred ▁to ▁by ▁the ▁later ▁edit ors , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁sub title ▁in ▁the ▁original , ▁as ▁Bog at stvo ▁i ▁u bo št vo . ▁This ▁religious - ph il osoph ical ▁ep ic ▁is ▁poet ically ▁incons istent ▁but ▁sty list ically ▁marked ▁( it ▁is ▁written , ▁beside ▁Split ▁Č ak av ian , ▁in ▁I je k av ian – I k av ian ▁Š tok av ian ). ▁ ▁Express ing ▁the ▁spirit ▁of ▁philosoph ical ▁movements ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁and ▁ 1 8 th ▁centuries , ▁this ▁" ency c lop ædia ▁in ▁vers es " ▁( J os ip ▁A ran za ) ▁direct s ▁its ▁Bar o que ▁spiritual ity ▁towards ▁the ▁c og itation ▁on ▁life ▁and ▁human ▁essential ity ▁in ▁the ▁dual ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁and ▁the ▁divine . ▁ ▁Bes ide ▁the ▁classical ▁human istic , ▁Latin ate ▁and ▁Italian ▁liter atures ▁( D ante ), ▁the ▁Bible ▁and ▁other ▁religious