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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Page 34
... Hell arouses Dante's apprehensions , but he is led on by his master into a place full of darkness and the confused wail of countless tortured souls . The part of the lower world on which they enter is the abode of the lukewarm , who ...
... Hell arouses Dante's apprehensions , but he is led on by his master into a place full of darkness and the confused wail of countless tortured souls . The part of the lower world on which they enter is the abode of the lukewarm , who ...
Page 113
... Hell side it is ice , the part called Giudecca ; on the other side it is stone , forming the floor of the cavern into which Dante emerges . Spera in early Italian often meant a round mirror , glass on one side and lead on the other . It ...
... Hell side it is ice , the part called Giudecca ; on the other side it is stone , forming the floor of the cavern into which Dante emerges . Spera in early Italian often meant a round mirror , glass on one side and lead on the other . It ...
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... Hell is a place of punishment for the unrepentant and Purgatory a place of reformation for the penitent , it is comprehensible that Dante should look at sin in these two regions from different standpoints . In Hell malice and heresy are ...
... Hell is a place of punishment for the unrepentant and Purgatory a place of reformation for the penitent , it is comprehensible that Dante should look at sin in these two regions from different standpoints . In Hell malice and heresy are ...
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