All 10 Uses of
doctrine
in
Dante's Purgatory -- translated by Norton
- [7] This seems to be a doctrine peculiar to Dante.†
Canto 1-11 *
- [1] [1] These words may be intended to call attention to the doctrine which underlies the imagery of the verse.†
Canto 1-11
- [1] It is Dante's doctrine that love is the motive of every act; rightly directed, of good deeds; perverted, of evil.†
Canto 1-11
- Dante seems here to mean that the Pope has the true doctrine, but makes not the true use of it for his own guidance and the government of the world.†
Canto 12-22
- All this is a doctrine derived directly from St. Thomas Aquinas.†
Canto 12-22
- And that thou mayst the less wonder at this doctrine, consider the warmth of the sun which, combining with the juice that flows from the vine, becomes wine.†
Canto 23-33
- [1] The doctrine set forth by Statius in the following discourse is derived from St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theol.†
Canto 23-33
- [11] In this account of the formation of the bodily semblance in the spiritual realms, Statius no longer follows the doctrine of Aquinas.†
Canto 23-33
- "In order that thou mayst know," she said, "that school which thou hast followed, and mayst see how its doctrine can follow my word [14] and mayst see your path distant so far from the divine, as the heaven which highest hastens is remote from earth."†
Canto 23-33
- [14] How far its doctrine is from my teaching.†
Canto 23-33
Definition:
-
(doctrine) a belief (or system of beliefs or principles) accepted as authoritative by some group