Dante and Philosophy
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Dante and Philosophy is the English rendering of Étienne Gilson's study exploring Dante's engagement with philosophical ideas and assessing whether his thought constitutes a 'Christian philosophy.
' Gilson contends that Dante's writings integrate philosophy and faith in a way that resists classification as strictly Thomistic, instead reflecting a broader Christian philosophical orientation.
The book serves as a polemical reply to Dominican interpretations like Pierre Mandonnet's and helped reshape 20th-century Dante scholarship.
It examines Dante's prose and poetic works, traces influences such as Latin Averroism, and debates Dante's possible intellectual conversions.
Gilson's work remains influential in literary and philosophical readings of Dante.
' Gilson contends that Dante's writings integrate philosophy and faith in a way that resists classification as strictly Thomistic, instead reflecting a broader Christian philosophical orientation.
The book serves as a polemical reply to Dominican interpretations like Pierre Mandonnet's and helped reshape 20th-century Dante scholarship.
It examines Dante's prose and poetic works, traces influences such as Latin Averroism, and debates Dante's possible intellectual conversions.
Gilson's work remains influential in literary and philosophical readings of Dante.
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