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Dante Alighieri

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Italian poet whose relationship with Beatrice is analyzed as an example of infatuation as a solitary pursuit rather than genuine connection

Mentions (3)
"Dante doesn't want to be with Beatrice: he wants to be alone. In his 1225 libello, La Vita Nuova, Dante describes what he does when he sees Beatrice on the streets of Florence: 'I withdrew from people as if I were drunk, away to the solitude of my room, and settled down to think about this most grac"
Fell off a man's pedestal again · u/eva-ngeline · ↑101 · 2025-04-29
"Jung put it best, individuation and becoming oneself can only truly happen when one gives themself to something else, normally another person. Dante, upon gazing at the Empyrean, is moved by love, the love that moves the sun and all the other stars."
Age does have a beauty to it that isn't just cope · Cultural-Cattle-7354 · ↑33 · 2023-06-12
"Dante, upon gazing at the Empyrean, is moved by love, the love that moves the sun and all the other stars."
Age does have a beauty to it that isn't just cope · u/Cultural-Cattle-7354 · ↑33 · 2023-06-12
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