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Paradiso (Italian: [paraˈdiːzo]; Italian for "Paradise" or "Heaven") is the third and final part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno and the Purgatorio. It is an allegory telling of Dante's journey through Heaven, guided by Beatrice, who symbolises theology.
As Dante and Beatrice emerge within the sphere of Mars, Dante sees a gleaming cross forming across the sky; a brief, indescribable vision of Christ flashes forth from it. Then an individual soul introduces himself as Cacciaguida, Dante’s great-great-grandfather.
Paradise, according to Dante, is the heavenly abode of God, the angels and the blessed. As presented in the Paradiso, Dante's idea of Paradise is tied to his understanding of the cosmos.
8 de abr. de 2021 · The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Divine Comedy, Paradise, by Dante Alighieri. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
This extraordinary coinage, “tras” + “umanar” (a verb made from “umano”), signifies “to go beyond the human” and is typical of how Dante-author works in Paradiso. Here, where Dante is trying to describe the indescribable, he does not simply give up. Rather, his inventiveness knows no bounds.
In the aftermath of his sudden death, Dante’s sons, Jacopo and Pietro, were alarmed to discover that Paradiso appeared to stop at Canto 20. Thankfully, with the help of Giardino, the missing cantos were eventually found and copied.
Dante's Paradise. Dante Alighieri Translated by Rev. H. F. Cary. The third, and final, part of Dante’s Divine Comedy features Dante’s arrival in Heaven, and his journey through its nine spheres: the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the Fixed Stars, and the Primum Mobile.
