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The Lord of the Rings, and themes in the Divine Comedy.
2021-11-05 11:36 In this episode we'll look at the deeper theological themes in the Lord of the Rings, and see how they are expressed by J.R.R. Tolkien, and in Dante's Divine Comedy. We'll also see how the beauty an...
The 12 hundreds in Florence, and the World Dante grew up in.
2021-09-30 12:03 In this episode we'll look at the historical events of the 12 hundreds, with the rise of the Merhcant class and the rivalries between families in Florence. This is a very important backdrop to under...
Dante's Letter to Emperor Henry VII, his "Shining Hope" for Florence.
2021-09-25 11:49 In this episode we'll look at Epistle VII that Dante wrote to the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII of Luxembourg, after Henry's descent into Italy in 1310.  We'll go through the historical context of ...
The Limits of Math & Science. Gödel, Cantor, Bolzmann and Turing.
2021-09-21 13:06 A reflection on the excellent documentary "Dangerous Knowledge", from BBC Channel 4 (2007). https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdoe8u   We'll look at the presentation of four great thinkers and ma...
The Letter to Cardinal Niccolò da Prato, Part IV. The hope of Dante and the Exiles.
2021-09-21 10:00 In this fourth and final episode about the First Letter by Dante to Cardinal Niccolò da Prato, we'll look very briefly at the events between 1302-1304 with the new Pope Benedict XI, and then the Let...
From Charles of Valois in November 1301, to Dante's Exile and April, 1302.
2021-09-20 11:08 In this third episode on the background for Dante's Epistle I to Cardinal Niccolò da Prato in 1304, we'll look at the events and chaos that came after the French Prince Charles of Valois entered Flo...