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  • Essay / Explain the literary style of Dantes' Inferno - 1432

    If we add 34 to 33, we will arrive at the number 67. Then when we add another 33, we will arrive at 100, which was, like previously said the divine number (the “doubled” trinity, multiplied by the trinity plus the one true god). Another fact that should not be overlooked is that the first song of Hell is on earth and serves as an introductory song. Without this song, Comedia would not be complete. This demonstrates that Dante considers the universe incomplete without the earth. This is consistent with Aristotle's philosophy that everything in the universe tends toward its perfect state of harmony. Without the earth, harmony would be disrupted. The universe cannot exist without the earth, and the earth cannot exist without