Dante's Beatrice - MP3 Download

Fr. James V. Schall, S.J.

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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..."