March 15

Dante

Finish Purgatorio. Read one Canto aloud each day.

1. What would happen if Dante were to remain between Lethe and Eunoe?

2. What are the major differences between Virgil and Beatrice?

3. Why is Beatrice so stern with Dante?

4. In what way is Dante like a tree?

5. What two natures are represented in Beatrice? Accordingly what does she symbolize?

1. According to Boethius, does Satan possess will? power?

2. How can divine providence, i.e. foreknowledge,  preserve free will? What is the key to his argument?

3. Make a list: Without free will, we get __?

4. What does Boethius mean when he says: "every object of knowledge is known not as a result of its own nature, but of the nature of those who comprehend it" (132)?