UNA NOTA SULL’AFFETTO DEGLI ANGELI NEL PARADISO DI DANTE
A NOTE ON ANGELIC AFFETTO IN DANTE’S PARADISO
Author(s): Dana BarangeaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Philology, Italian literature
Published by: Ovidius University Press
Keywords: affetto; angelic blessedness; angelic vision; love; Paradiso;
Summary/Abstract: In the cantos dedicated to angelic intelligences, Paradiso 28 and 29, Dante refers to contemplation and love as the two interpenetrating aspects of angelic blessedness. Dante expresses this binomial by using the terms veduta / vista and amore / affetto. The present paper focuses particularly on the notion of affetto, showing that Dante – elaborating on the thought of Dionysius the Areopagite, Thomas Aquinas, Boethius, and other medieval thinkers – assigns to this term three distinct yet interrelated meanings: natural desire, good will and beatific love – the three stages of the angels’ beatific union with the divine. Following their natural inclination toward the good, the angels contemplate God, freely partake in His grace, and ultimately experience the absolute love that moves the heavens and the entire cosmos.
Journal: Analele Universităţii Ovidius din Constanţa. Seria Filologie
- Issue Year: XXXVI/2025
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 24-33
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Italian
