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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... poets , from whom he learned unaided the science of metrics . He was deeply in- fluenced , too , by contemporary art ... poet Guido , considerably his senior and his literary adviser , of the rich Cavalcanti family . Brunetto Latini ...
... poets , from whom he learned unaided the science of metrics . He was deeply in- fluenced , too , by contemporary art ... poet Guido , considerably his senior and his literary adviser , of the rich Cavalcanti family . Brunetto Latini ...
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... poet , a stern moralist , thus to idealize an adulteress and mitigate her punishment , we might feel ourselves justified in seeking some special reason for his kindliness . As we look through the Commedia , we find that in one place or ...
... poet , a stern moralist , thus to idealize an adulteress and mitigate her punishment , we might feel ourselves justified in seeking some special reason for his kindliness . As we look through the Commedia , we find that in one place or ...
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... poet of arms , Arnaut and Cino da Pistoia as poets of love , and Giraut and himself as poets of righteousness . When he wrote the Purgatorio , he evidently regarded Giraut as artistically inferior to Arnaut — perhaps too popular and ...
... poet of arms , Arnaut and Cino da Pistoia as poets of love , and Giraut and himself as poets of righteousness . When he wrote the Purgatorio , he evidently regarded Giraut as artistically inferior to Arnaut — perhaps too popular and ...
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