The cosmology of the Divine Comedy
History and Philosophy of Physics
2008-06-27 v1 Astrophysics
Abstract
Since the time of ancient civilizations, cosmology had a privileged place within the various artistic and literary manifestations. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, one of the masterpieces in literature and thought of the Western World, is organized on the image of the cosmos of the XIII century, which is analyzed in this article.
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@article{arxiv.0806.4202,
title = {The cosmology of the Divine Comedy},
author = {Alejandro Gangui},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.4202},
year = {2008}
}
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Article in Spanish, PDF document; Published version available at http://cms.iafe.uba.ar/gangui/difusion/ch/ch89/gangui-ch89-dante.pdf