You\'ve followed Dante through the dread gates of Hell, to the arduous slopes of Mount Purgatory, and now, finally, to the transcendence of the Heavenly Court.
Dante can rightly be called the greatest po.
An expert who has taught Dante to college students for more than twenty years, Professor Esolen is also the preeminent modern translator of the entire Divine Comedy from the original Italian.
Poetry of the Highest Order Professor Esolen who has served as your guide through both the Inferno and Purgatory will guide you through the profound and elevated poetry of Paradise.
Each sphere is associated with one of the cardinal virtues - prudence, fortitude, justice, temperance - or one of the theological virtues - faith, hope, charity.
Unlike Purgatory and the Inferno which are arranged by different types of sin, Paradise is structured according to virtue.
Yet, in a way, Dante\'s journey to God read something like science fiction - after all, he and Beatrice travel through: The Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn The "Fixed Stars" - a region medievals imagined to contain all stars except the Sun And finally, through the "Primum Mobile" - the sphere which causes the motion of all other spheres within it because it is moved directly by God In each astral location, Dante and Beatrice meet the blessed souls who enjoy the bliss of Heaven.
It is like a blossoming rose, each petal reveals further splendor and glory the nearer we come to the center.
The Beatific Vision Dante imagines that Paradise consists of nine celestial spheres which surround the very Throne of God at the center.
Finally, together with blessed Beatrice, enter into the indescribable glory of Heaven.
You\'ve accompanied Dante and Virgil through the mysteries of Mount Purgatory where sinners are purged of all attachment to sin.
You\'ve witnessed the terrible hopelessness of Hell and the bitter punishments for sinners there.
Anthony Esolen, you\'ve travelled into the depths of the Inferno.
With Dr.
You\'ve followed Dante through the dread gates of Hell, to the arduous slopes of Mount Purgatory, and now, finally, to the transcendence of the Heavenly Court
