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Jan 29, 2001 · Dante’s engagement with philosophy cannot be studied apart from his vocation as a poet, in which capacity he sought to raise the level of public discourse by educating his countrymen and inspiring them to pursue happiness in the contemplative life. He was one of the most learned Italian laymen of his day, intimately familiar with Aristotelian ...
THE PHILOSOPHY OF DANTE 17. really agrees with Plato and not with Aristotle.1 Matter is a to being : in so far as matter is in essence, the essence is Thus, of course, it was never xx made," by God, or in any other is the cause of evil, as resisting actuality or form. Thus evil world, and yet not made by God.
Dante (born c. May 21–June 20, 1265, Florence [Italy]—died September 13/14, 1321, Ravenna) was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy). Dante’s Divine Comedy, a landmark in ...
- Dante is considered the greatest Italian poet, best known for The Divine Comedy, an epic poem that is one of the world’s most important works of li...
- Dante Aligheiri was born in 1265 to a family of lesser nobility in Florence. He began writing poems while young, and, when he was nine, he met Beat...
- Facing execution in Florence for refusing to pay a fine—resulting from his political activities—in 1302, Dante wandered before settling in Ravenna,...
Intro. Dante Alighieri was an Italian poet and philosopher of the 14 th century. He is most famous as the author of The Divine Comedy, a three-part epic poem narrating a pilgrim’s journey through hell, purgatory, and ultimately on to heaven. The first book of the set, the Inferno, is probably the most widely-read work of Medieval literature.
Abstract. This chapter focuses on Dante’s philosophical and theological interests, starting from the poet’s account of the genesis of his love for philosophy in the second treatise of the Convivio. The circumstances of Dante’s philosophical formation are recalled, together with the Convivio ’s main themes.
The whole literary work of Dante is a development of his philosophy. To be rightly understood and appre- ciated, therefore, Dante should be approached from the point of view of philosophical studies, rather than of literary scholarship. That scholar- ship, of course, is necessary to edit the writings, but is entirely inade- quate to show the ...
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Jun 15, 2021 · Abstract. This article outlines how Dante’s philosophy and theology turn on issues that are being debated in broader philosophical, theological, and theoretical milieus today. It emphasizes, in particular, how the new horizon opened by certain postmodern—and more specifically post-secular—turns in philosophy shifts the light falling on ...
