Dante, De Vulgari Eloquentia 2.2.6-8 THREEFOLD PATH SOUL: Vegetative Animal Rational LIKE: Plants Beasts Standalone or Nature of Angels SEEKS: the Useful Pleasure the Good GOAL: Well-being Love Virtue Examples on Arms on Love on Integrity OCCITAN Bertran de Born…

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is best known as the poet of the Divine Comedy. This website is dedicated to Dante’s other works (too often referred to as his “minor works”): the Vita Nuova, De vulgari eloquentia, Convivio, De Monarchia, and his…