Ben far AND SAlVATION. A FEW THOUGHTS
Keywords:
benefaction, historical background, eternal background, politics, anthropology of poetry, faith, DanteAbstract
The article presents a linguistic analysis of the phrase “ben far” in the context of Dante’s “The Divine Comedy”. The author argues that Dante’s benefaction lies in political and civic activities. The role of social benefaction is shown to be the way to salvation. Brunetto’s idea about the deficiency of verbal benefaction compared to civil blessings is refuted. The author instead suggests the concept of poetic benefaction that functions in “The Divine Comedy” as a Christian instruction.
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2017-01-09
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ТОПОГРАФИЯ (ФИЛОСОФИЯ ДРУГОГО)
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Ben far AND SAlVATION. A FEW THOUGHTS. (2017). The Journal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Series "Theory of Culture and Philosophy of Science", 149-162. https://periodicals.karazin.ua/thcphs/article/view/7851