The Depths and the Heights: The Comedy As Pilgrimage | Dr. Robert Royal

Dr. Robert Royal, an expert in comedy and pilgrimage, explores the ideas of pilgrimage and ultimate purposes drawing from Dante's Divine Comedy. They discuss Bernard of Clairvaux's beliefs, Dante's concept of moving beyond human experiences, discussing Aristotle's four causes. The podcast delves into modern science dismissing final causes and the pursuit of happiness and fulfillment in life through differing perspectives on existence. They examine happiness, transcendence, and pilgrimage through Aristotle's eudaimonia and Dante's Beatitude, analyzing themes of love, redemption, and spiritual growth in Dante's Divine Comedy.