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OverviewThis book provides a recipe for healthy moral and personal transformation. Belliotti takes seriously Dante’s deepest yearnings: to guide human well-being; to elevate social and political communities; to remedy the poisons spewed by the seven capital vices; and to celebrate the connections between human self-interest, virtuous living, and spiritual salvation. By closely examining and analyzing five of Dante’s more vivid characters in hell—Piero della Vigna, Brunetto Latini, Farinata degli Uberti, Cavalcante de’ Cavalcanti, and Guido da Montefeltro—and extracting the moral lessons Dante intends them to convey, and by conceptually analyzing envy, arrogance, pride, and human flourishing, the author challenges readers to interrogate and refine their modes of living. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Raymond Angelo BelliottiPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: 1st ed. 2020 Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9783030407735ISBN 10: 303040773 Pages: 293 Publication Date: 09 April 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 How Honor Degenerates into Infamy: Piero della Vigna (1190-1249) 2.1 The Ecstasy of Glory and the Horror of Improbity 2.2 The Narrative in Inferno 2.3 Sidebar on Posthumous Benefit 2.4 Divergent Interpretations of the Narrative 2.5 The Evidence 2.6 A Second Version of Esoteric Interpretation 2.7 An Outlier Version of Esoteric Interpretation 3 The Malevolent Residue of Excessive Loyalty: Piero, Esoterica, and Suicide 3.1 A Closer Examination of the Second Version of Esoteric Interpretation 3.2 Why Compose Esoterically? 4 How to Earn Immortality: Brunetto Latini (1220-1294) 4.1 The Pain of Exile and Making Oneself Eternal 4.2 The Narrative in Inferno 4.3 Divergent Interpretations of the Narrative 4.4 The Evidence 4.5 Was Brunetto Latini a Sexual Sodomist? 4.6 Brunetto Latini and BL 4.7 The Roman Roots and the Quest for Posthumous Glory 4.8 Has Dante Bum-Rapped Brunetto Latini? 4.9 Grandezza d’Animo 5 The Glories and Iniquities of Heroism, Patriotism, and Paternal Love: Farinata degli Uberti (1212-1264) and Cavalcante de’ Cavalcanti (c. 1220-c.1280) 5.1 Partisan Patriotism Leavened by Hedonism 5.2 The Narrative in Inferno 5.3 Interpreting the Narrative: The Propinquity of Good and Evil 5.4 Interpreting the Narrative: Epicureanism, Community, and Love 6 How Prodigious Talent Can be Squandered: Guido da Montefeltro (1223-1298) 6.1 Pugnacious Imperial Tactician and Franciscan Mountebank 6.2 The Narrative in Inferno 6.3 Interpreting the Narrative: Guido’s Final Scam? 7 Envy, Arrogance, Pride, and Human Flourishing 7.1 Envy: An Analysis 7.2 The Ubiquity of Envy 7.3 Corollary on Well-Being 7.4 Envy in the Commedia 7.5 Pride: An Analysis 7.6Arrogance in the CommediaReviewsAuthor InformationRaymond Angelo Belliotti is SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Philosophy Emeritus. He is the author of 22 books, including Justifying Law; Good Sex; What is the Meaning of Human Life?; Happiness is Overrated ; Roman Philosophy and the Good Life; Shakespeare and Philosophy; Jesus or Nietzsche?; and Machiavelli’s Secret. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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