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This 7 page paper looks at how Dante views the physical world, and the mysteries of life. The paper argues that he sees the physical world as important. Many concepts are discussed including the soul, heaven, hell and purgatory. Aristotle's ideas are also noted. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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a daily basis--the small bit of soap left in the soap dish, walking the dog, changing diapers 27 times per day, scrubbing the kitchen sink--while others like DesCartes is wondering
whether or not he exists. There are some philosophers who look at the sky and contemplate what it might mean symbolically, and others who look at the sky and see
stars and meteors and the sun and everything of which the world is composed. The difference is subtle. While the sky holds answers for both types, one type of philosophers
looks for tangible facts and not just ideas. Dante is this type that sees the stars as important not because they represent something else, but because they may hold the
key to the next world. The sky is awesome in that it includes the notion of infinity and the fact that without the sun--or if it were too close
or too far--man would be extinguished. And Dante found the physical world very interesting, especially as it respects astronomy. Dante sees the physical world as relevant, and in fact having
a relationship with the next world. The soul is equated with matter, something that is also similar to the thinking of Aristotle. The sky is of course something that
perhaps is significant in esoteric matters. After all, the sky is quite provocative and contains more questions than it has answers about life. In Paradiso, for example,
which is "the third section of the Comedy," Dante visits planets as well as constellations where it is assumed that blessed souls dwell ("Did you" 2). Dante was
quite interested in astronomy too and in fact, he makes reference to this in such a way that still provides food for thought for scholars (2). He claims that
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