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 81
... hour , and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour . And the sun was darkened , and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst . " Matthew ( xxvii , 45 , 46 , 51 ) and Mark ( xv , 33 , 34 , 38 ) agree in putting ...
... hour , and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour . And the sun was darkened , and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst . " Matthew ( xxvii , 45 , 46 , 51 ) and Mark ( xv , 33 , 34 , 38 ) agree in putting ...
Page 112
... hours in their downward journey . We are not told exactly how much more time is subse- quently consumed in creeping down Satan's flank and up his thigh ; from l . 96 it would seem to be about an hour and a half . 75. Between the ice and ...
... hours in their downward journey . We are not told exactly how much more time is subse- quently consumed in creeping down Satan's flank and up his thigh ; from l . 96 it would seem to be about an hour and a half . 75. Between the ice and ...
Page 292
... hour ( i.e. , noon ) is glowing ' some ' 6000 miles away from us . ' Noon is separated from sunrise by a quarter of the earth's circumference that is , according to our author's geography ( Conv . , III , v , 11 ) , by 5100 , a quarter ...
... hour ( i.e. , noon ) is glowing ' some ' 6000 miles away from us . ' Noon is separated from sunrise by a quarter of the earth's circumference that is , according to our author's geography ( Conv . , III , v , 11 ) , by 5100 , a quarter ...
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