Dante and His Precursors Fortin, Ernest L. creator LePain, Marc A. text Electronic books. xx Lanham Lexington Books 2002 monographic eng

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1 online resource (191 p.) Dissent and Philosophy in the Middle Ages offers scholars of Dante's Divine Comedy an integral understanding of the political, philosophical, and religious context of the medieval masterwork. First penned in French by Ernest L. Fortin, one of America's foremost thinkers in the fields of philosophy and theology, Dissidence et philosophie au moyen-%ge brings to light the complexity of Dante's thought and art, and its relation to the central themes of Western civilization. Available in English for the first time through this superb translation by Marc A. LePain, Dissent and Philosophy will make a. Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 On the Political Mode in Philosophy; Chapter 2 Islam and the Rediscovery of Political Philosophy; Chapter 3 Political Philosophy in the Christian World; Chapter 4 Dante and Philosophical Allegory; Chapter 5 The Imperialism of the Comedy; Chapter 6 Dante and Christianity; Chapter 7 The Theory of the Double Truth; Chapter 8 The Decline of Political Philosophy; Appendix: Dante's Comedy As Utopia; Index; About the Author and Translator Description based upon print version of record. Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Philosophy Philosophy, Medieval Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 Philosophy Philosophy, Medieval POETRY / Continental European PQ4412 .F6713 2002 851.1 851/.1 Fortin, Ernest L. Lanham : Lexington Books,c2002 9780739154298 (electronic bk.) 073915429X (electronic bk.) http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1343845 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=632183 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1343845 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=632183 EBLCP 130817 20200709055928.0 ocn855970153 eng