Companion to the Divine ComedyThe poem discusses "the state of the soul after death and presents an image of divine justice meted out as due punishment or reward", and describes Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Allegorically, the poem represents the soul's journey towards God, beginning with the recognition and rejection of sin (Inferno), followed by the penitent Christian life (Purgatorio), which is then followed by the soul's ascent to God (Paradiso). Dante draws on medieval Catholic theology and philosophy, especially Thomistic philosophy derived from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas. Consequently, the Divine Comedy has been called "the Summa in verse". |
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... Brunetto Latini and probably the Composizione del mondo of Ristoro d'Arezzo . Astronomy he pursued with characteristic thoroughness , first , perhaps , in the Elementa Astronomica of Alfraganus . Some strange words and a deal of curious ...
... Brunetto Latini and probably the Composizione del mondo of Ristoro d'Arezzo . Astronomy he pursued with characteristic thoroughness , first , perhaps , in the Elementa Astronomica of Alfraganus . Some strange words and a deal of curious ...
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... Brunetto Latini , who fills this canto , was one of the leading figures in the Florence of the generation just before Dante . Born about 1220 , of an illustrious family , he distinguished himself for ability , culture , and vast ...
... Brunetto Latini , who fills this canto , was one of the leading figures in the Florence of the generation just before Dante . Born about 1220 , of an illustrious family , he distinguished himself for ability , culture , and vast ...
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... Brunetto Latini tells this story in the Trésor , where the Pope is called " Agapit . " Eutyches , who lived in the cen- tury before , had taught that after the incarnation there was only one nature in Christ the divine . ― Justinian ...
... Brunetto Latini tells this story in the Trésor , where the Pope is called " Agapit . " Eutyches , who lived in the cen- tury before , had taught that after the incarnation there was only one nature in Christ the divine . ― Justinian ...
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