Dante Alighieri Sparknotes

Dante Alighieri Critical Analysis In Book II: Men of Genius, by DISCovering Authors, Dante Alighieri is viewed as a man greater than all other men. He is able to conquer challenges beyond men. Furthermore, On Dante in Relation to Philosophy, by DISCovering Authors, Alighieri is described as a logical thinker. He is able to conquer challenges in a wiser and a more logical way of thinking. Both of these two analyses depict Alighieri as an astute and highly educated person.
In Book II: Men of Genius, the author presents Alighieri with greater power than all men. He is described to be above all men through his way of thinking and his approach of challenging situations. Alighieri is described to be “beyond man; beyond, not without,—a singular proposition, which, however, has nothing contradictory in it, the soul being a prolongation of man into the indefinite” (DISCovering Authors). The author claims that he is an extension of man, as a way of saying that he is above all men.
I believe that he is a very wise person, and a strong logical thinker. His knowledge and wisdom is shown throughout the entire poem. He implies that wisdom surpasses everything, from one’s actions to the way he speaks and thinks. He shows that a person’s actions will determine their fate in the afterlife, when he says, “her permutations have not any truce; necessity makes her precipitate, so often cometh who his turn obtains” (Alighieri 38). He explains that the importance of wisdom stands before human intellect, leading people into unchangeable actions and consequences. Furthermore, Alighieri also shows how a person can only live eternally based on the way he lives his life. Alighieri shows Latini how it has “taught [him] how a man become eternal, and how much [he] is grateful while [he] lives” (Alighieri 80). He shows that the only way a person can gain morality is through the philosophy of denying the immortal