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HoP 268 - To Hell and Back - Dante Alighieri

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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Exploring Free Will, Plato's Ideas, and Political Philosophy in Dante's 'Purgatorio' and 'Paradiso'

Explore the concepts of free will, the influence of heavenly bodies on human affairs, and Plato's interpretation of souls going to be with the stars after death in Dante Alighieri's 'Purgatorio' and 'Paradiso'. The chapter also discusses the Empyrean and touches on political philosophy through Dante's treatise 'On Monarchy'.

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