Convivio

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Convivio ( German  Gastmahl ) is a philosophical treatise written by the Italian poet and philosopher Dante Alighieri in the Tuscan variant of the ancient Italian language. The extensive work was written around 1306, but remained unfinished.

overview

The convivio is the first important philosophical work to be written in Italian vernacular. It was explicitly not aimed at a university audience, but at laypeople who should be brought closer to philosophy. The work was intended to teach the use of philosophical wisdom through some commentaries on Dante's own canzons and consists of four books. Book 1 is a general introduction, books 2 to 4 contain comments on each of Dante's canzons: Book 2 on Dante's first experiences with philosophy, Book 3 consists of a praise of philosophy, and Book 4 tries to answer the question of what true nobility ( verace nobilitade ) is. Dante relied on numerous ancient and medieval philosophical sources.

With a few references to the imperial idea , the convivio is somewhat similar in content to Dante's later work Monarchia . It is declared that the Roman-German kings of the time since the fall of the Hohenstaufen can no longer be compared with the old imperial power and order. Frederick II was the last emperor of the Romans ( ultimo imperadore de li Romani ). The abstract derivation of the idea of ​​a universal monarchy takes place, among other things, through reference to the ethics of Aristotle . In the Convivio , Dante also allows Arabic-speaking authorities such as Avicenna to have their say.

Editions and translations

  • Dante Alighieri: The Banquet. Italian German. Translated by Thomas Ricklin. Edited under the direction of Ruedi Imbach , 4 volumes, Meiner, Hamburg 1996–2004.
  • Dante's feast . Translated and explained with an introduction by Constantin Sauter, Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1911 (new edition by Winkler Verlag, Munich 1965). ( freely accessible online )
  • Dante Alighieri: Convivio . Edited by Franca Brambilla Ageno. 3 volumes. Le Lettere, Florence 1995.
  • Dante Alighieri: Il Convivio. Ed. critica a cure di Maria Simonelli. Patron, Bologna 1966.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ It is hardly possible to determine the exact time of origin, cf. Heinz-Willi Wittschier: Dantes Convivio: Introduction and manual . Frankfurt am Main 2009, p. 120.
  2. ^ Dante, Convivio , IV 3, 6.