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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... Dante's Epistles Exod .: Exodus Freccero ( 1959 ) : John Freccero , " Dante's Firm Foot and the Journey without a Guide , " The Harvard Theological Review LII ( 1959 ) Gardner : E. G. Gardner , Dante and the Mystics , 1912 Gen ...
... Dante's Epistles Exod .: Exodus Freccero ( 1959 ) : John Freccero , " Dante's Firm Foot and the Journey without a Guide , " The Harvard Theological Review LII ( 1959 ) Gardner : E. G. Gardner , Dante and the Mystics , 1912 Gen ...
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... Dante to Lucia as " il tuo fedele , " it would seem that our poet , for reasons unknown to us , had held this saint in particular veneration . Beatrice , as we have seen , stands for Revelation , for which Dante's distorted mind must be ...
... Dante to Lucia as " il tuo fedele , " it would seem that our poet , for reasons unknown to us , had held this saint in particular veneration . Beatrice , as we have seen , stands for Revelation , for which Dante's distorted mind must be ...
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... Dante treats wickedness in the Purgatorio from the theological , in the Inferno from the philosophical or moral side . Only in the offenses against faith do we find in Dante's lower world ( where Christ is never named ) a distinc ...
... Dante treats wickedness in the Purgatorio from the theological , in the Inferno from the philosophical or moral side . Only in the offenses against faith do we find in Dante's lower world ( where Christ is never named ) a distinc ...
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