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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... Canto V Argument In this canto are found several striking similes drawn from birdlife , which Dante loved to depict . The second circle , with its wind - wafted spirits , offers fit opportunity for these portrayals of starlings , cranes ...
... Canto V Argument In this canto are found several striking similes drawn from birdlife , which Dante loved to depict . The second circle , with its wind - wafted spirits , offers fit opportunity for these portrayals of starlings , cranes ...
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Charles Hall Grandgent Charles Southward Singleton. Canto XVI Argument At the close of this canto poetic ingenuity does its utmost to intensify the effect of mystery and suspense . Virgil's reading of his companion's unspoken thought ...
Charles Hall Grandgent Charles Southward Singleton. Canto XVI Argument At the close of this canto poetic ingenuity does its utmost to intensify the effect of mystery and suspense . Virgil's reading of his companion's unspoken thought ...
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... Canto XXIV Argument For a moment , thanks to the dainty simile of the frost with which this canto opens , we are lifted out beneath the open sky into the bracing air of winter . Then the horrors redouble . In this seventh bolgia we are ...
... Canto XXIV Argument For a moment , thanks to the dainty simile of the frost with which this canto opens , we are lifted out beneath the open sky into the bracing air of winter . Then the horrors redouble . In this seventh bolgia we are ...
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