Dante’s Inferno is an epic poem by Durante “Dante” degli Alighieri, written in the 1300s. He wrote a trilogy, known as the Divine Comedy, consisting of Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise. Dante was inspired by many events and issues happening at that time, such as the war between Guelphs and Ghibellines, the Battle of Montaperti, and Christian religious beliefs. In this paper, I will explore the first book, Inferno, on the topic of Hell and how the sinners had a significant impact on Dante’s journey through Hell. In Circle 5: Styx, Canto VIII, Filippo Argenti, a sinner of Wrathful, helped Dante to symbolize to readers his anger towards Black Guelphs, political enemies of the White Guelphs.
In Dante’s Inferno, Dante Alighieri's depiction of Satan at the bottom of hell reveals the theme that in Hell the punishment is always befitting of the due to the fact that the lower you go, the farther that person is from god. The picture of Satan satisfies the reader because he shows that he is the opposite of god and that he is full of evil. Lucifer is the demon in the circles of hell which he has three faces, and bat like wings in which he creates the cold wind where the sinners suffer. “The face in the middle was red, the color of anger. The face on the right was white blended with yellow, the color of impotence.
In Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy, there are nine circles of Hell. Dante’s perception of Hell is chronologically irrational and portrays bias. To begin, Dante is biased when he places the lustful in circle two with a simple punishment. Next, Dante places victims of suicide in circle seven which is not chronologically logical.
The popular idea was studying things with theology. The writers were focused on what has happened and how it happened. The bible offers theological affirmations, such as, God as active and humans in his image. God did it, but the text does not offer a scientific explanation of how he did it. To understand the claims we must look at what the text says and does not say.
God or no god ponders in the depth of one's mind at some point in their life. A forsaken voyage through the layers of hell, ables us to see Dante's view on religion which appears to be Christianity. As one makes his way through hell as a devoted christian we are left to ponder if his beliefs in the Inferno is an actual representation of the beliefs Dante has towards the christian religion. Is this man genuine or is there another twist tone to the value trailing the text?
This is primarily a Christian poem. The idea of hell is a Christian idea. All the early myths of paganism have the afterlife as being just a place of waiting or being assumed into a larger entity. The idea of a the afterlife being either reward or punishment did not come until Christianity. So the beginning concepts are Christian.
The Greek’s Inferno: A Comparison of Greek and Catholic Underworlds For nearly 2000 years, various religions continue to perpetuate the idea of an underworld, or a place after death. For the Greeks, much of their mythology deals with Gods, Goddesses, and the afterlife. Catholics, however, base their idea of an afterlife with three levels: Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory, a place for people who must experience a purification of sorts. Numerous Greek writers wrote about the idea of their underworld, or Hades, one of the most famous being Homer, writer of The Odyssey. The Odyssey details the hero Odysseus’ journey back to his homeland of Ithaca.
Literary devices are what makes up any work. Every author has to incorporate their style into their work so that they can give the reader an idea on how to feel. It is manipulation actually, they use positive and negative reinforcement in their words to affect the readers judgement. In The Inferno by Dante Alighieri uses symbolism and diction to help the reader comprehend his work.
The way that I read this is, Dante's journey through hell is a battle between the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant and and the philosophical ideas of Moral Subjectivism. The German Philosopher Immanuel Kant would argue that no matter the situation an immoral act is always immoral; lust would fall under this category. According to Kant’s philosophy, because lust is wrong sometimes it is wrong all the time. Following that philosophy, Kant would argue that they did wrong, no question about it (whether that wrong equals Hell is another topic). However, on the other hand, a moral subjectivist would argue that every situation is different.
Science focuses on the physical world and the slight overlap between the psyche and the body. God created the earth six thousand years ago in six days and one day of rest. His Word made all things, including time, the heavens, and the earth. He made the world to be orderly as He is orderly. As such, we know that as He is reliable, the world is reliable and we can find patterns and can classify creation and can improve on what He has given us.
“Durante Degli Aligheries Inferno {Part of the Divine comedy} is widely regarded as the greatest poem in modern european language, its allegorical comparisons, metaphors and satirical critisism of italy in the 15th century all contribute to its level of prestige. However, what influenced Dante Aligherie to create such a masterpiece? By looking at Dante Aligheries participation in Florentine Politics and comparing it to the extensive amount of political references used in Dantes Inferno it is clear that Politics played a vital role in creating Dantes depiction of Hell. Furthermore, by examining the importance of religion in medieval Italy and Dantes connection to the church, one can easily see that Dante heavily uses religious references to the pope of the church. Finally, this essay will investigate how Dantes connection to Florentine art influenced the poems content.
That’s where science was at 400 years ago. Where was science at 2000 years ago? I’m not sure it’s safe to say that what’s written in the bible should be taken with absolute scientific
Steven Shapin proves his thesis throughout the book through the use of primary and secondary sources in his three different sections of the book. The first section is titled “What was it Known?”. In this section, he utilizes important figures such as Galileo and his findings about the heavens and the earth along with Aristotle, Newton, Descartes, Boyle, and others to explain the scientific ideas presented in this time period.
Historical knowledge and science provide a point where biblical and cultural stories collide (Goheen & Bartholomew, p. 130). Culture is communicated through common stories and events. Science or the human desire to explain what is seen can be identified within Greek mythology throughout history to the postmodern views of today. The Christian worldview provides a basis for belief in a creator, not dependent on human action continue existence (Goheen & Bartholomew, p. 23). Scientific exploration and discovery is a part of God’s creation.
Christianity has shaped the Scientific Revolution in Europe in many different ways. The main argument is that it brought a new of thinking that relied on Empiricism and objectivism. The findings made by the revolution’s astronomers challenged the foundations of the truths of the Christian church and the Bible. Some studies show that it has shaped the Scientific Revolution, whereas others show that it has not. The research that shows Christianity does have a significant amount of impact on the Scientific Revolution mostly deal with the explicit conflict between religion and science.
