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Work #648 · Late

Paradiso (Divine Comedy, Cantica III)

Dante Alighieri
c. 1316-21 · Italian
Theological-philosophical epic poetry · Medieval Italian Catholic theology

Dante's c. 1316-21 Paradiso — culminating book of the Divine Comedy, ascent to the Beatific Vision

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Attribute Paradiso (Divine Comedy, Cantica III) (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Cosmic-ordering
Observer · Moral Authority Tradition
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Paradiso (Divine Comedy, Cantica III)

The eternal time of the Beatific Vision.

Space

Paradiso (Divine Comedy, Cantica III)

Central — the nine heavenly spheres ascending to the Empyrean.

Matter

Paradiso (Divine Comedy, Cantica III)

The progressively spiritualized matter of the celestial spheres.

Observer

Paradiso (Divine Comedy, Cantica III)

Dante the pilgrim ascending to the Beatific Vision.

Energy

Paradiso (Divine Comedy, Cantica III)

Energies of "the Love that moves the sun and the other stars".

Information

Paradiso (Divine Comedy, Cantica III)

Foundational medieval Christian cosmological-theological framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Paradiso (Divine Comedy, Cantica III)

Paradiso completes the Divine Comedy as the supreme medieval Christian theological-literary synthesis.