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Hitting the Mark. Projectile Motion and the 'segno lieto' in Dante's Commedia
- Author(s):
- Carol Chiodo (see profile)
- Date:
- 2020
- Group(s):
- CLCS Medieval, LLC Medieval and Renaissance Italian, TC Philosophy and Literature
- Subject(s):
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321, Italian literature, Middle Ages, Literature--Philosophy
- Item Type:
- Book chapter
- Tag(s):
- Dante studies, Medieval Italian literature, Philosophy and literature
- Permanent URL:
- https://doi.org/10.17613/8spf-ge77
- Abstract:
- This essay explores Dante Alighieri's notion of projectile motion in relation to spiritual fulfillment in the first canto of Paradiso. The notion of impetus, or projectile motion, stood at the confluence of Greek philosophical rationality (mediated by a substantial Arabic corpus) and Christian thought, and it provides a unique window through which we may view Dante's poetic interpretation of the dynamics of the "impeto primo," or first impetus.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Book chapter
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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