Convivio

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Convivio is a philosophical and didactic work by Dante Alighieri that combines prose and poetry to explore ethics, politics, and knowledge in the vernacular Italian language.

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Convivio canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf didactic work ⓘ
medieval literary work ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
aim to defend the use of the vernacular in learned discourse ⓘ
to make knowledge accessible beyond Latin-educated elites ⓘ
to provide philosophical instruction in the vernacular ⓘ
approximateCompositionPeriod c. 1304–1307 ⓘ
audience lay readers without Latin education ⓘ
author Dante Alighieri ⓘ
contains poems with prose commentaries ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
dateWritten early 14th century ⓘ
discusses the concept of nobility ⓘ
the hierarchy of sciences ⓘ
the nature of human happiness ⓘ
the relationship between love and knowledge ⓘ
the role of philosophy in human life ⓘ
form prosimetrum ⓘ
genre prose and poetry ⓘ
historicalContext Dante’s exile from Florence ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Biblical tradition ⓘ
Boethius ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
language Italian vernacular ⓘ
Tuscan vernacular ⓘ
literaryInnovation use of vernacular for philosophical exposition ⓘ
literaryMovement Scholasticism ⓘ
literaryPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
numberOfCompletedBooks four ⓘ
originalScript Latin alphabet ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation Aristotelian ⓘ
Thomistic ⓘ
placeOfComposition exile from Florence ⓘ
relatedWork Divine Comedy ⓘ
Vita nuova ⓘ
structure planned as fifteen books ⓘ
subject epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
knowledge ⓘ
language ⓘ
love ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
politics ⓘ
titleTranslation The Banquet ⓘ
workStatus unfinished ⓘ

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Dante Alighieri → notableWork → Convivio ⓘ
Durante degli Alighieri → notableWork → Convivio ⓘ
subject linked to: Durante
The Banquet → originalTitle → Convivio ⓘ