Dante: or the hyena poetizing in tombs.

Source: Friedrich Nietzsche, Götzen-Dämmerung, Streifzüge eines Unzeitgemässen, 1.

Topics: Time & Transience, Suffering & the Question of God

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) war ein italienischer Dichter und Philosoph aus Florenz, der nach seiner Verbannung an oberitalienischen Höfen wirkte. Er wurde vor allem als Verfasser der „Göttlichen Komödie“ bekannt, in der er katholische Theologie, antike Philosophie und scharfe Kirchenkritik zu einer allegorischen Jenseitsreise verdichtete. Für Bibelleser veranschaulicht sein Werk, wie zentrale biblische Themen wie Schuld, göttliche Gerechtigkeit und Erlösung die christliche Vorstellungswelt und Weltliteratur geprägt haben.

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