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Literature
October 30, 1913 issue

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The article presents information about the book "Dante and Aquinas: Being the Substance of the Jowett Lectures of 1911," by Philip H. Wicksteed. Wicksteed draws a sharp contrast between the poet Dante Alighieri and philosopher Saint Thomas Aquinas in respect to their conceptions of hell. This ethical contrast is probably Wicksteed's most valuable contribution, and most fully justifies the antithesis quoted at the beginning of this review. Thomist as he was, theologically speaking, Dante nevertheless gave an entire revaluation of human life on this earth, esteeming it indeed a preparation for a better life in the hereafter, but not merely that.

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DANTE & Aquinas: Being the Substance of the Jowett Lectures of 1911 (Book); WICKSTEED, Philip H.; DANTE Alighieri, 1265-1321; THOMAS, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274; POETS; ETHICS
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