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This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of similarities between Dante and Augustine. Emphasis is placed upon similarities in the journey, and the invocation of Virgil. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. The Spiritual Journeys of St. Augustine and Dante ,
11/2010 --properly! The Christian faith was essentially the primary engine of aesthetic development throughout Western Europe for much of history. This
can be seen in the patronage of artists by Christian leaders and church officials throughout history, as well as the influential power of early Christian literature. This includes examples such
as the "Confessions of Saint Augustine", as well as Dantes "Inferno", which, while not strictly stemming from Christian ideology, was certainly influential in defining the modern concept of Hell. Many
of these works naturally share a great deal of thematic similarities, and in the case of the two examples just mentioned, they share even a basic formal structure. This paper
will analyze the spiritual journeys taken by Dante in the "Inferno" and by Saint Augustine in "The Confessions", as well as the role played in both texts by the Roman
poet Virgil. In this paragraph, the student is assisted in providing a brief overview of the Confessions and the Inferno. Saint Augustines "Confessions" is, like the "Inferno", a semi-autobiographical, semi-fictional
account which covers Augustines travels around the continent of Europe in search of metaphysical truth and the conclusions he reaches regarding the Catholic church (Augustine, 2002). The scenes presented in
the text seem almost chosen for their "educational" value, however, as each one is neatly tied to some kind of "moral" or theme that conveys a basic tenet of Christianity.
The basic idea at the center of the text is that, after travelling the world over, Augustine finds redemption in a conversion experience and returns to God. Adopting a Neo-Platonist
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