![]() In particular, he gave the feature of inconsistency to the Moon and therefore puts in Moon’s heaven those who, with good Heart, without fault of their own, did not lead to complete their vows. Like many intellectuals in his time, Dante believed that the stars could influence men’s life. The purpose of Dante’s journey is nothing less than the salvation of mankind. In each of the first seven heavens is a different planet on which Dante and Beatrice stay in the eighth heaven they find the Gemini constellation, under whose sign Dante was born.ĭuring the trip, Dante and Beatrice see many blessed people who come to meet them this is a real privilege due to the important mission that God has entrusted to Dante: relate to the living persons what he saw in the Afterworld. however, describes this place only at the end of the The Divine Comedy in the previous nine songs he tells of his journey with Beatrice through the nine heavens. On these steps sit the blessed, absorbed in the contemplation of God.ĭante, who is author and main character of the poem. Paradise has the shape of an amphitheater, with an endless series of stairs that shrink into infinity. In this tenth heaven is Heaven itself, the seat of God, angels, and the blessed. ![]() There is then a tenth heaven, which overlooks the whole and is made of pure intellectual light. We must remember that Dante also follows the Ptolemaic theory that says that the Earth is immobile in the center of the universe and nine concentric heavens revolve around it. According to the image that Dante gave us, Hell and Purgatory are part of the terrestrial sphere, whereas Paradise is out of the Earth.ĭante obviously follows the Christian doctrine that places God in the Heaven.
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