Summary Summary Summary Fourth sky or sun. The wisdom of Solomon
In paradise there are performances of such rare beauty and exceptional brightness so that the poet finds in his experience as a man and a writer of comparison, nor a language appropriate to refer them even approximately. Such is the spectacle of twenty-four souls who have two crowns, which, after the speech of St. Bonaventure, take over the dance and singing. They enchanted the poet's gaze the image that you would have if the fifteen stars of first magnitude, those of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, two constellations formed similar to the one in which his death was changed Arianna, if they were concentric and rotate in the opposite direction. Only in this way the reader can get an idea of \u200b\u200bthe twenty-four souls dance revolving around the poet and his guide. Suddenly, circular motion and singing ceased, and silence is heard the voice of St. Thomas, who starts to talk to resolve the second question of Dante. The first concerned the limitation imposed by the saint about the Dominicans, the second stems from what the saint had said Solomon's wisdom and words that had to be considered superior to any man of all time. Dante instead believes that wisdom outweighs Adam and Christ (as humans), as had the perfect human wisdom. St. Thomas precise and clear: all creatures is the incorruptible, are not intended to die, and the corruptible, subject to the power of death, are merely a reflection of that idea (the Word) that God creates through an act of love . The Word focuses its light in the nine choirs of angels and the heavens descends through these elements of the terrestrial world. But bear in earth elements impressed the Divine Idea in greater or lesser extent, and this fact explains how the trees bear fruit of the same species and different Men are born with different temperaments. If assumptions (but this can not happen after the sin of origin) the material, invested by the action of the heavens, was best placed to be shaped and if the sky was the height of its plasmatic Potena, the divine imprint would take place in all its glory and its most effective. But the action of plasmatic skies operates in imperfect ways, as well as on earth happens to the artist who knows his art, but whose hand is shaky and unable to translate into perfect figures forms envisioned in his mind. But if the Holy Spirit gives light on creatures of the Word which proceeds from the Father, then it has all the perfection as possible. So born perfect nature, the land of which God used to create Adam, so perfect was Christ into this and explains how Adam and Jesus were endowed with all possible perfection. But this conclusion is at odds with the claim that Solomon did not have an equal in wisdom. The poet, adds St. Thomas, forget the wisdom that Solomon asked for and obtained from God was that of King, which is necessary to govern justly. In conclusion, it must be said Solomon the wisest of kings: political wisdom of the wise not to philosophical or theological. The doubt is resolved, however, takes the holy occasion of Dante dall'avventatezza Judgement about the words spoken by the same saint about Solomon to give a warning: Before you proceed to pronounce summary judgments feet of lead, should help slow and affirm or deny what you can not clearly distinguished. It often happens that a hasty trial and then induce an error that the love for his opinion prevents the intellect to think again, to submit to an examination of unscrupulous. He who fishes in the sea of \u200b\u200btruth and knows the art of seeking the truth, he turns away from the shore in vain: but back part ignorant load of errors. It offers clear example of the Greek philosophers Parmenides and Melissa, the greek mathematician Brisson and heretics Sabellius and Ano. Men are not engaged with overconfidence becomes light and presumption when they are sitting, as do those who evaluate the harvest before it is ripe. In my experience, says St. Thomas, I have seen during the winter seem a dry and thorny bush, and then, in the spring, with a rose on top: last time I saw a ship sinking fast and safe entry into port. Do not believe a woman Berta and Ser Martino (people of no importance), because they see a steal, the other to give alms, to be able to know how God has judged them: the thief can be saved, the believer lost.
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