He says his class argument is that Dante inspired everything from Protestant reform through the Renaissance, revolution, Enlightenment, and modernity itself.
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Dante influence
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He says Protestant influence from Dante would have been indirect and largely unconscious rather than a self-aware adoption of Dante's theology.
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"Okay, we'll never know, but my argument in this class is that he inspired everything, okay? Not just the Protestant Reformation, but also the..."
"so this is a really complicated question but process really is a rebellion of local princes against authority of catholic church okay do you..."
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The late cantos become Jiang's sharpest Dante claim so far: faith is not obedience but imagination that helps make truth real, hope is the arrogant wager that exile and persecution can still bear fruit,...
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