File spoon-archives/phillitcrit.archive/phillitcrit_1997/phillitcrit.9711, message 948


From: Patsloane-AT-aol.com
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 20:39:23 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: PLC: Book Burning: Dante & Cervantes


In a message dated 97-11-22 17:43:26 EST, you write:

> >>  know", in the Pinsky translation).
>  >
>  >Kevin, I think there might be some irony here too.  Yes, Dante calls
>  >Aristotle "the master of those who know."  But the scene takes place in
>  >Limbo, and Virgil (Dante's guide) identifies Limbo as "the blind world."
 
> So
>  >how much can anyone know in a blind world (oir in the world of the
blind)?
>  >
>  >pat sloane
>  
>  
>  A great deal. Aristotle was pre-Christian.
>  g
  
Yes George, and if you recall, Dante says pagans cannot be saved, not even
Virgil or Aristotle.  They can't "see" (comprehend?) God.  So the ironic
question of how much anyone can know in a "blind" world  pretty much works
with Dante's visual metaphor.

pat


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