DANTE, The Divine Comedy:
MONASTICISM
in the PARADISO

 

 

 

 


 

 


INTRODUCTION: THEMES
 

 

 

 

1) Why study Dante in a Monastery

a) Organization according to Classical / Christian
Virtue / Vice; (Eight Logismoi-) Seven Deadly Sins

b) Monastic Origins of themes in Divine Comedy
Allegory; Seven Deadly Sins

2) The Dark Wood

a) Leopard, Tiger, Wolf, and Tripartite Soul

 

1) Topography of Hell, Purgatory and Heaven

a) Organization according to Classical / Christian
Virtue / Vice; (Eight Logismoi-) Seven Deadly Sins

b) Active / Contemplative; Orders of Angels

2) The Dark Wood

a) Leopard, Tiger, Wolf, and Tripartite Soul

 


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