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 149
... King Amphion of Thebes , proud of her seven sons and seven daughters , presumptuously disparaged Latona , who had only two children , Apollo and Diana . These gods avenged their mother by shooting with arrows all of Niobe's offspring ...
... King Amphion of Thebes , proud of her seven sons and seven daughters , presumptuously disparaged Latona , who had only two children , Apollo and Diana . These gods avenged their mother by shooting with arrows all of Niobe's offspring ...
Page 150
... king of the Assyrians , despised the Israelites and their God . ' And it came to pass , as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god , that ... his sons smote him with the sword : and they escaped into the land of Armenia ” ( 2 ...
... king of the Assyrians , despised the Israelites and their God . ' And it came to pass , as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god , that ... his sons smote him with the sword : and they escaped into the land of Armenia ” ( 2 ...
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... king's death was due , not to the tusks of the boar , but to its bristly hide brushing against the horse . 123. The first part of the 14th century saw the wars of Edward I and Edward II against the Scots under Wallace and Bruce . 125 ...
... king's death was due , not to the tusks of the boar , but to its bristly hide brushing against the horse . 123. The first part of the 14th century saw the wars of Edward I and Edward II against the Scots under Wallace and Bruce . 125 ...
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