All 4 Uses of
doctrine
in
Dante's Inferno
- The increase of knowledge, the loss of belief in doctrines that were fundamental in Dante's creed, the changes in the order of society, the new thoughts of the world, have not lessened the moral import of the poem, any more than they have lessened its excellence as a work of art.†
Canto T.O.
- In respect to the theology and general doctrine of the Poem, the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas is the main source from which Dante himself drew.†
Canto T.O. *
- O ye who have sound understanding, regard the doctrine that is hidden under the veil of the strange verses.†
Canto 7-9
- [1] If thou considerest well this doctrine, and bringest to mind who are those that up above, outside,[2] suffer punishment, thou wilt see clearly why from these felons they are divided, and why less wroth the divine vengeance hammers them.†
Canto 10-12
Definition:
a belief (or system of beliefs or principles) accepted as authoritative by some group