The Renaissance & Dante's Divine Comedy

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Reflections on the Divine Comedy and the philosophical foundations that Dante created for the Florentine Renaissance, through unifying the Greek and the Hebrew traditions into a comprehensive cosmo

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April 07, 2022 Sordello's Poem "Blacatz", and its echo in The Valley of Princes
A look at Sordello's most famous Poem, and how Dante draws inspiration from it in his description of the Valley of Princes in Canto VII of the Purgatory.
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16min
November 07, 2021 Meditation #1 - Dante's entry into the Terrace of Anger
Brief reflection on the third terrace in Purgatory.
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6min
July 23, 2021 The Creation of the Angels
In Canto 29 of Paradiso Dante describes the when, where and why of the Creation of Angels.
Full essay is here:
https://dantescomedy.com/the-creation-of-the-angels
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10min
July 19, 2021 The First Mover - and Motion
In just seven tercets, Dante inverts the model of the Universe from the material to the conceptual, and describes the origin and source of Motion and Time itself.
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11min
July 17, 2021 The Keys to Entering Heaven - the Pilgrim is Examined
From the 8th sphere in Paradiso!
The essay is here:
https://dantescomedy.com/the-examination-of-virtues-for-the-pilgrim
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8min
May 29, 2021 Love and Wisdom, in the Sphere of the Sun
How Dante connects Seraphims and Cherubims with the Franciscan and Dominican Orders, as two major defining elements of the Divine and Theology itself, in the sphere of the Sun.
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7min
May 04, 2021 The Birth of the Divine Comedy
The moment when the Poem is born.
From John Ciardi's translation of the Divine Comedy.
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7min
May 04, 2021 The Mystery of Beatrice's Prophecy
A suggestion for interpreting the number "515" at the end of Purgatory.
From dantescomedy.com
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5min
April 29, 2021 Enter Emperor Justinian. Canto 5 in Paradiso.
Highlights and reflections on Chapter 5.
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13min
April 28, 2021 Paradiso, Canto 1. Reading and commentary.
Looking at the great translation of the Divine Comedy by John D. Sinclair from the 1940s.
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35min

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The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.