Let’s learn more about Dante Alighieri, the father of Italian language!
2021 marks the 700 anniversary of his death.
Join a fascinating free online lecture on Thursday 25 March at 11:00, on the occasion of DanteDì (the day of Dante).
The lecture will be presented by Peter Anderson.
Please contact us to obtain the Zoom invitation and passcode at info@ladante.co.za
Dante’s precocious genius allows us to find anticipated in him much of what we now recognise as humanism, even as our word confronts a post humanist social and environmental crisis.
This is because Dante’s great poem is rooted in his own extraordinary humanity as well as his human representation of the humanity of his time.
The way he deals with things of this world (people, animals, politics) all inform his radical enrichment of the Catholic vision of his time.
La genialità precoce di Dante ci permette di riconoscere in lui, pur dalla nostra prospettiva post-umanistica e di profonda crisi, l’anticipazione di quello che definiamo umanesimo.
Questo perché sono la sua straordinaria umanità e l’umana rappresentazione dell’umanità del tempo le radici della sua Commedia.
Il modo in cui ci propone le cose del mondo (persone, animali, politica) arricchisce radicalmente la visione cattolica del tempo.