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Dante's Self-Angelizing: A Prophecy of Egalitarian Transhumanism
- Source :
- Labyrinth: An International Journal for Philosophy, Value Theory and Sociocultural Hermeneutics, Vol 22, Iss 2 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Axia Academic Publishers, 2020.
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Abstract
- In this article, I argue that Dante's philosophical goal is what I term "self-angelizing," an ennobling philosophical education granting one the knowledge and power of an angel, which the medieval scholastics conceived as celestial intelligences. Dante's own path to self-angelizing begins in his early New Life, which approaches a living Beatrice as exemplar of terrestrial angels. Next, Dante's middle-period Banquet discusses following Beatrice into self-angelizing through an education in philosophical virtue. Finally, in his climactic Paradise, Dante performs his own self-angelizing. The upshot of this journey is Dante's prophecy of an egalitarian transhumanism.
Details
- Language :
- German, English, French
- ISSN :
- 24104817 and 15618927
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Labyrinth: An International Journal for Philosophy, Value Theory and Sociocultural Hermeneutics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.f438b547bb6040daabcbfb41fa3eefef
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.25180/lj.v22i2.249