Author: Dante Alighieri
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Languages : en
Pages : 928

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Author: Cornell University. Libraries
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Languages : en
Pages : 180

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Author: Ricardo J. Quinones
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271040009
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 154

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Foundation Sacrifice in Dante's &"Commedia&" is the first book to take an anthropological approach to the Divine Comedy, applying it to a previously unexplored dimension of Dante's great poem. Ricardo Quinones examines foundation sacrifice&—the death of another that has become a parable for existence&—as a unifying theme that connects the three parts of the poem. In the process, Quinones gives new life to the Purgatorio, treating it not only as a sequel but actually as a dramatic response&—in revealing detail&—to the Inferno. His motif allows him to reintegrate the Paradiso into the poem as a whole, thus restoring it as a poetic event to critical appreciation.

Author: John Vella
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441143785
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 177

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For more than a millennium, Aristotle was regarded as the foremost authority in the western world in nearly every subject. His corpus spans a daunting array of subjects and he made significant contributions to every known field of inquiry in the ancient world. In Aristotle: A Guide for the Perplexed, John Vella explores the historical, philosophical and political context in which aristotle's theories evolved. The book offers a clear and thorough account of the work and thought of this key thinker, providing an outline of his central ideas and the ways in which they have influenced the history of western philosophy. Thematically structured, the book considers all Aristotle's key works and is geared towards the specific requirements of students who need to reach a sound understanding of his theories and ideas.

Author: Ruth Mary Bothne
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 170

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Author: Robert McMahon
Publisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 0813214378
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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The Confessions, Proslogion, and Consolation of philosophy, like the Divine comedy, all enact Platonist accents. [These accents] generate implied meditative meanings, which scholars have explored only in part. Each work calls us to read forward, on its journey to understanding, and to meditate backwards on the stages of the ascent and the relations between them. Augustine, Anselm, Boethius, and Dante wrote for readers experienced in meditating on the Bible, adept at exploring relations between far distant passages They designed these works as spiritual exercises for the same kind of reading and meditations. This book uses literary analysis to discover new philosophical meaning in these works. --Book jacket.

Author:
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Category : Phonetics
Languages : en
Pages : 642

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Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2568

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Author: Ernest L. Fortin
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780847682751
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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In Volume One of Ernest Fortin: Collected Essays, the renowned theologian and political philosopher examines various facets of the unique encounter between biblical religion and Greek philosophy during the early Christian centuries and the Middle Ages. Fortin's aim is to uncover the crucial issues to which this encounter gave rise, such as the sometimes troubling but immensely fruitful tension between divine revelation and philosophic reason. The book includes sections on St. Augustine and the refounding of Christianity; the encounter between Jerusalem and Athens; the medieval roots of Christian education; and Dante and the politics of Christendom.

Author: Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve
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Category : Classical philology
Languages : en
Pages : 620

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Each number includes "Reviews and book notices."