| Dante, De Vulgari Eloquentia 2.2.6-8 | ||||||
| THREEFOLD PATH | ||||||
| SOUL: | Vegetative | Animal | Rational | |||
| LIKE: | Plants | Beasts | Standalone or Nature of Angels |
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| SEEKS: | the Useful | Pleasure | the Good | |||
| GOAL: | Well-being | Love | Virtue | |||
| Examples | on Arms | on Love | on Integrity | |||
| OCCITAN | Bertran de Born | Arnaut Daniel | Giraut de Borneil | |||
| French, Occitan, 1140s-1215 |
French, Occitan, fl.1180-1200 |
French, Limoges, c.1138-1215 |
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| Non posc mudar c’un cantar non exparia | L’aura amara fa.l bruol brancuz clarzir |
Per solaz reveilar / che s’es trop endormiz |
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| I cannot refrain from sending forth my song |
The bitter breeze makes the leafy copses whiten |
To reawaken the joys of company / which have sunk into too sound a sleep | ||||
| Fate: | ends up in Inferno XXVIII |
ends up in Purgatorio XXVI |
Dante: “many prefer him” Petrarca: “master of the troubadors” |
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| ITALIAN | None | Cino da Pistoia | Dante (Cino’s “friend”) | |||
| Tuscany, jurist, 1270-1336/37 |
Firenze, 1265-1321 |
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| Digno sono eo di morte |
Doglia mi reca ne lo core ardire |
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| I am worthy of death |
Grief brings boldness to my heart |
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| Fate: | Dante’s new best friend | Dante Alighieri | ||||
By James Medrano
