SAINT AUGUSTINE’S AND DANTE’S MODELS OF HISTORY
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https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphil.2017.2.06Keywords:
St. Augustine, Dante Alighieri, models of history, eschatology, apocalypticism, De monarchiaAbstract
In this paper, I will try to analyze St. Augustine’s and Dante’s views towards history by showing how their visions can be articulated into particular models of history, i.e. a particular schema that describes the unfolding of history with its specific focal points, and to what extent this model differs from one author to another. If in Augustine’s case, by exploring his division of sacred history in component parts, that can be found throughout his work, I will argue for a Christocentric model, in Dante’s case, by analyzing his work on political philosophy, De monarchia, I will argue for a teleological model of history.
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