Posted in partial fulfillment for PHS 783: Dante’s Divine Comedy: Thomistic Philosophy in Narrative taught by Dr. Sebastian Mahfood at Holy Apostles College & Seminary for the Masters in Theology degree.
Thesis Statement: What humans perceive or apprehend as good in terms of sexual purity is shown in the Commedia to often be at variance with the truth of their design in the image and likeness of God.
Alighieri, Dante. Ciardi, John, trans. The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, the Purgatorio, and the Paradiso. New York, NY: New American Library, 2003. Required text and main source used. The notes are written to highlight background information and significant elements.
Mahfood, Sebastian. Lectures on Dante. Cromwell, CT: Holy Apostles College & Seminary, recorded 11 January 2010 – 13 February. A canto by canto commentary upon the Commedia by Professor Mahfood.
Aleksander, Jason. "Dante’s Understanding of the Two Ends of Human Desire and the Relationship between Philosophy and Theology." Journal of Religion 91, No. 2 (April 2011): 158-187. An essay which discusses philosophical anthropology while focusing on human desire.
Montemaggi, Vittorio. “Contemplation, Charity, and Creation ex nihilo in Dante’s Commedia.” Modern Theology 29, No. 2 (April 2013): 62-82. Explores the relationship existing between creation 'ex nihilo', contemplation and charity in Dante’s Commedia. May prove useful.
Fradd, Matt. “Healing from Pornography with the Divine Comedy.” Dated: Jan 12, 2016 Accessed: Feb 16, 2016. http://www.crisismagazine.com/2016/healing-from-pornography-with-the-divine-comedy An article based upon Fradd’s project on Dante which explores elements in the Commedia that directly relate to the modern problem with pornography.
Aleksander, Jason. “Teaching the Divine Comedy’s Understanding of Philosophy.” Pedagogy 13, No. 1 (Winter 2013): 67-76. An essay that reflection upon the use of philosophy in the Commedia and the relationship between virtue reason.
Stump, Eleonore. "Aquinas's account of freedom: Intellect and will." Monist. Vol. 80 Issue 4 (Oct 1997): 576. A reflection upon the Thomistic understanding of the predominance of the intellect in its relation to the will of man
Very good, Corey. Looking forward to seeing the development of your project. For a video of the Matt Fradd presentation, see https://youtu.be/PMv6BRG0N3U
ReplyDeleteJust to make the statement more concise and direct, you might change the thesis to, "What humans perceive or apprehend as good in terms of sexual purity is shown in the Commedia to often be at variance with the truth of their design in the image and likeness of God." or something like that.
ReplyDeleteI agree. What you wrote is more precise and very helpful. It actually says what I intended. The blog has been updated.
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