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Unrestrained freedom
Monday, 2 December 2024 at 21:41
Unrestrained freedom
The world came into being in an act of spontaneity. There was no pre-determined reason for its creation, which was an act of total freedom. Dante likened the spontaneity of this act to a child at play who turns eagerly to what delights it. He believed that such unrestrained freedom is the foundation for our own human freedom. Because we were born out of this spontaneous action we can go on believing that there is such a freedom for us. So important did Dante believe this allegorisation of creativity and play to be that it occurs at the very centre of Purgatory (XVI) and is thus at the dead-centre of the Divine Comedy as a whole.
From Child of Encounter
© John Dunn.
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