Dante and Epicurus

George Corbett

earliest edition we have, 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, 2013 202 pages

"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 quintessential heretic but an ethical ally. The key to this apparent paradox lies in the heterodox dualism -- between man's...

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Dante and Epicurus edition · 2020 · Taylor & Francis Group · 198 pages · 9780367600105
Dante and Epicurus edition · 2017 · Taylor and Francis · 202 pages · 9781351191715
Dante and Epicurus edition · 2017 · Taylor & Francis Group · 9781351191708
Dante and Epicurus edition · 2017 · Taylor & Francis Group · 202 pages · 9781351191685
Dante and Epicurus edition · 2017 · Taylor & Francis Group · 9781351191692
Dante and Epicurus edition · 2013 · Taylor & Francis Group · 202 pages · 9781907975790

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