HIST-308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Neoplatonism, Scholasticism, Polytheism
12 Nov 2020
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To dante, she was saintly in her christian virtue. Dante"s version of love draws upon the courtly tradition. His obsession mixed romance together with god"s divine love. This allowed her to live on as a literary creation. Rather than just one person: heavenly spheres. The moon is for those who are forced to break their vows. Lesser virtuous spheres are like mild, forgivable vices. The next two spheres are venus and the son. Venus is for those fueled by the love of god. The sun is for those reflecting the wisdom of god: polytheism and monotheism. Dante weaves together the polytheistic character of the planets with his monotheistic views. She is now the love of the one god. In the sun, many heroes of the 12th century renaissance and 13th century scholasticism are found. Boethius, bede, lombard, thomas aquinas, and bonaventure: dominicans and franciscans. Dante alludes to and transcends the dominican-franciscan rivalry. He has thomas sing the praises of francis.
