Dante Alighieri
Born: 01-01-1265
Dante Alighieri, born in 1265 in Florence, Italy, is renowned as the "Father of the Italian language." His masterpiece, "The Divine Comedy," is a cornerstone of world literature, charting a symbolic journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. A pivotal figure of the Middle Ages, Dante's work reflects deep philosophical, theological, and political insights. His influence extends beyond literature, impacting art and culture throughout the centuries.
Book summaries for books written by Dante Alighieri
Quotes
In that book which is my memory, on the first page of the chapter that is the day when I first met you, appear the words, ‘Here begins a new life’.
Love, that moves the sun and the other stars.
Love, which absolves no one beloved from loving, seized me so strongly with his charm that, as thou seest, it does not leave me yet.
Love is the seed in you of every virtue and of all acts deserving punishment.
The very essence of the flame of love that burns in my heart seems to be derived from a single spark of your fair eyes.
Beatrice has returned to Heaven, the kingdom of the blessed, to that life in which angels live, and I can see her no more.
Joyous was my soul, which, even as it left my body, did not leave her, and remained behind with her, weeping.
My thought, which placed me in the sweet sleep, was so full of the sight of her that it desired nothing else.
Love, that releases no beloved from loving, took me so strongly with his charm that, as you see, it still abandons me not.
The more I consider it, the more my heart is filled with love; so that the thought of it cannot be thought, and cannot be contained in any other thought.
Love, which quickly takes possession of the gentle heart, seized this one with such joy that she still lives under its sway.
I felt Love’s first tremors in the secret places of my heart, where it now abides so fully that no other thought can enter there.