Il Convivio by Dante Alighieri
A partially finished collection of philosophical essays written in the vernacular that pairs commentaries on selected poems with wide-ranging discussions of ethics, politics, natural philosophy and the nature of true nobility and happiness; intended as an educational “banquet” for lay readers, it adapts scholastic and classical thought into accessible language and argues that reasoned love, virtue and civic responsibility lead to human flourishing, reflecting the author’s intellectual influences and the circumstances of exile.
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- Italian
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- 300-400
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- Convivio
- El Convivio
- The Banquet
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