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Living together was, in a way, the result of two losses. After Beatrice's death, Dante helped himself to the study of philosophy. In 1302, when he also lost his second great love, the city of Florence resumed his study, clinging to him like a lifeline. And he commented on the hermetic songs of philosophical content that he had composed in that first moment. In "Convívio", he tried to deal with this love for philosophy, this love for knowledge, in a more theoretical way, but the connection with his poetry.
Dante idealized the work in 15 parts, of which he effectively wrote four: an introductory treatise and three more on comments. In the first two comments, he spoke about the great philosophers that led him to walk the path of knowledge and about how they manifested their thinking in his poetry. In the latter, he dealt with the nobility. Not the cradle or hereditary nobility, but the nobility as a divine gift, the nobility of character.
Dante idealized the work in 15 parts, of which he effectively wrote four: an introductory treatise and three more on comments. In the first two comments, he spoke about the great philosophers that led him to walk the path of knowledge and about how they manifested their thinking in his poetry. In the latter, he dealt with the nobility. Not the cradle or hereditary nobility, but the nobility as a divine gift, the nobility of character.
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