This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ...and earnest. It is only those whose minds have not been literally educated into the Love of God, and have failed to attain to a profound knowledge of holy things, to whom the reason of this high purpose of God is a veiled mystery. Nullus malus (says Benvenuto) potest esse perfectus metaphysicus. Questo decreto ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ...and earnest. It is only those whose minds have not been literally educated into the Love of God, and have failed to attain to a profound knowledge of holy things, to whom the reason of this high purpose of God is a veiled mystery. Nullus malus (says Benvenuto) potest esse perfectus metaphysicus. Questo decreto, frate, sta sepulto Agli occhi di ciascuno, il cui ingegno frate: Beatrice addresses Dante thus as my Brother Nella fiamma d' amor non e adulto. 60 Veramente, + pero ch' a questo segno Molto si mira, e poco si discerne, Diro perche tal modo fu piu degno. This decree (of the Incarnation), my brother, lies buried from the eyes of every one, whose intelli-gence has not become matured in the flame of love. Nevertheless (veramente), inasmuch as at this mark one gazes much, and understands little, I will de-clare why this mode was the most worthy. Some Commentators affect to discern in these lines an ironical suggestion on Dante's part directed against the vain speculations of the Schoolmen at which he again has a fling in Par. xxix, 74 et seq. Beatrice's real meaning is that God's Justice must be satisfied as well as His Mercy, and that the Incarnation would best answer to both needs. twice in this Canto, the second time being in l. 130. She has done so twice before, namely in Par. iii, 70: --Frate, la nostra volonta quieta Virtu di carita; and in Par. iv, 100. adulto: Arrivato al debito compimento di crescere (Gran Dizionario). Cornoldi is very clear on this terzina: Afferma Beatrice che il modo o il decreto della redenzione, tale quale fu, non e capito da veruno, per sapiente che sia, se non ha in se vera carita. Quindi i sapienti...
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