The Renaissance & Dante's Divine Comedy

Renaissance

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 cosmology - and blending the old with the current.

24 Episodes

Sordello's Poem "Blacatz", and its echo in The Valley of Princes
4/7/2022
15:03
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.Enjoy!
Meditation #1 - Dante's entry into the Terrace of Anger
11/7/2021
5:19
Brief reflection on the third terrace in Purgatory. Thanks for listening!
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The Creation of the Angels
7/23/2021
9:18
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 Enjoy!
The First Mover - and Motion
7/19/2021
10:01
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. Enjoy!
The Keys to Entering Heaven - the Pilgrim is Examined
7/17/2021
7:11
From the 8th sphere in Paradiso! The essay is here: https://dantescomedy.com/the-examination-of-virtues-for-the-pilgrim Enjoy!
Love and Wisdom, in the Sphere of the Sun
5/29/2021
6:07
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.
The Birth of the Divine Comedy
5/4/2021
6:33
The moment when the Poem is born. From John Ciardi's translation of the Divine Comedy.
The Mystery of Beatrice's Prophecy
5/4/2021
4:33
A suggestion for interpreting the number "515" at the end of Purgatory. From dantescomedy.com
Enter Emperor Justinian. Canto 5 in Paradiso.
4/29/2021
12:29
Highlights and reflections on Chapter 5.
Paradiso, Canto 1. Reading and commentary.
4/28/2021
34:07
Looking at the great translation of the Divine Comedy by John D. Sinclair from the 1940s.

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The Renaissance & Dante's Divine Comedy

Renaissance

24 Episodes

Sordello's Poem "Blacatz", and its echo in The Valley of Princes

Meditation #1 - Dante's entry into the Terrace of Anger

The Creation of the Angels

The First Mover - and Motion

The Keys to Entering Heaven - the Pilgrim is Examined

Love and Wisdom, in the Sphere of the Sun

The Birth of the Divine Comedy

The Mystery of Beatrice's Prophecy

Enter Emperor Justinian. Canto 5 in Paradiso.

Paradiso, Canto 1. Reading and commentary.