The Divine ComedyThe Divine Comedy (La Divina Commedia) by Dante Alighieri (Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri). A “comedy”, that became a “divine book” for ancestors, is one of the greatest works of art known to the world. It is an encyclopedia of “moral, natural, philosophical and theological” knowledges, a tremendous synthesis of the feudal catholic ideology and the same tremendous epiphany that spread during the new culture times. A great poetic genius of the author put this comedy above the era and made it a legacy of centuries. |
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Fervent love And lively hope with violence assail The kingdom of the heavens,
and overcome The will of the Most high; not in such sort As man prevails o'er man
; but conquers it, Because 't is willing to be conquer'd, still, Though conquer'd, ...
Fervent love And lively hope with violence assail The kingdom of the heavens,
and overcome The will of the Most high; not in such sort As man prevails o'er man
; but conquers it, Because 't is willing to be conquer'd, still, Though conquer'd, ...
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