A Dualistic Vision of Secular and Spiritual Fulfilment
by
George Corbett
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2017
"Dante and Epicurus seem poles apart. Dante, a committed Christian, depicted in the Commedia a vision of the afterlife and God's divine justice. Epicurus, a pagan philosopher, taught that the soul is mortal and that all religion is vain superstition. And yet Epicurus is, for Dante, not only the...