Dante's Beatrice - MP3 Download
Fr. James V. Schall, S.J.
Running Time: 14:15
Beatrice is the great figure in Dante's Divine Comedy. The English novelist Charles Williams wrote a reflection on the implications of this "figure" in both Dante and our lives.
From the essay:
"Even though we have the power of desire, fact comes before it...[w]hat is important is not that we know, nor is it our image of what we know...no, what is important is that which we know..."