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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... death by fire ; subsequently , per- haps in 1315 , he refused to purchase pardon by submission . For a little while after his banishment , in 1302 , he conspired with his fellow exiles ; then , disgusted with their policy , perhaps in ...
... death by fire ; subsequently , per- haps in 1315 , he refused to purchase pardon by submission . For a little while after his banishment , in 1302 , he conspired with his fellow exiles ; then , disgusted with their policy , perhaps in ...
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... death , for he desired to conform this to his life ; wherefore Luke tells us that it was about the sixth hour when he died , which is to say the apex of the day . Wherefore we may understand by this that about the thirty- fifth year of ...
... death , for he desired to conform this to his life ; wherefore Luke tells us that it was about the sixth hour when he died , which is to say the apex of the day . Wherefore we may understand by this that about the thirty- fifth year of ...
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... death was not an uncommon punishment . Dante was himself condemned to death by fire , if taken in Florentine territory . 27 . 23. Gerion : cf. Inf . XVII , 91-136 . 27. Luke xxi , 18 : " But there shall not an hair of your head perish ...
... death was not an uncommon punishment . Dante was himself condemned to death by fire , if taken in Florentine territory . 27 . 23. Gerion : cf. Inf . XVII , 91-136 . 27. Luke xxi , 18 : " But there shall not an hair of your head perish ...
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