Book · 1932
The Divine Comedy
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I have been using Dante's Divine Comedy as my own private self-help book my entire life.
What they say about it
- Divided in three parts“divided in three parts”2
The best things said about it
Think of the great Dante's Divine Comedy. You know, he has to go down through hell, which means he has to confront his own sin.
I started thinking about the inferno as a kind of political text.
But being italian one thing that really impressed me tremendously is the divine comedy it is a medieval poem a very long poem divided in three parts hell purgatory in paradise.
When I was 18 and very, very depressed, it's the first time I read the Divine Comedy and I didn't care about the literature.
That's the beginning of the Divine Comedy and start to just you know, listen to the music, the meaning, the particular words.
Dana Gioia EconTalk · Feb 2021 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is an epic 14th-century poem detailing the soul's journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. Tina Turner shared on Oprah's Super Soul that she read Dante's work while undergoing dialysis, while Jiang Xueqin mentioned teaching the text on The Tucker Carlson Show. Jacob Howland discussed the Inferno as a political text on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, focusing on the ninth circle and the invention of ice. Bishop Robert Barron used the work on The Megyn Kelly Show to illustrate the spiritual principle of confronting personal sin before rising to grace. Jordan Peterson mentioned reading the epic during a discussion on sin and value hierarchies, and Sean Kelly noted it on the Lex Fridman Podcast when describing medieval religious worldviews. Martha Beck shared on On Purpose with Jay Shetty that she used the epic as a personal self-help guide to overcome severe depression in her youth.
Every mention
Martha Beck I have been using Dante's Divine Comedy as my own private self-help book my entire life. 2
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“I have been using Dante's Divine Comedy as my own private self-help book my entire life.”
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“When I was 18 and very, very depressed, it's the first time I read the Divine Comedy and I didn't care about the literature.”
Silvio Micali but being italian one thing that really impressed me tremendously is the divine comedy it is a medieval poe… 2
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“but being italian one thing that really impressed me tremendously is the divine comedy it is a medieval poem a very long poem divided in three parts hell purgatory in paradise”
Discussed
“being italian one thing that really impressed me tremendously is the divine comedy it is a medieval poem a very long poem divided in three parts hell purgatory in paradise”
Bishop Robert Barron Think of um the great Dante's Divine Comedy. You know, he has to go down through hell, which means he has t… 1
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“Think of um the great Dante's Divine Comedy. You know, he has to go down through hell, which means he has to confront his own sin.”
Dana Gioia That's the beginning of the Divine Comedy and start to just you know, listen to the music, the meaning, the… 1
Discussed
“That's the beginning of the Divine Comedy and start to just you know, listen to the music, the meaning, the particular words.”
Jacob Howland And you know my image for this I I started thinking about the inferno as a kind of political text. Oh yeah.… 1
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“And you know my image for this I I started thinking about the inferno as a kind of political text. Oh yeah. And the fact is that you know you get to the ninth circle and Dante's beautiful uh creation invention is that it's ice.”
Jiang Xueqin I teach Dante the Divine Comedy. I teach the Bible. 1
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“I teach Dante the Divine Comedy. I teach the Bible.”
Jordan Peterson i'm reading the divine comedy right that's wonderful 1
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“i'm reading the divine comedy right that's wonderful”
Sean Kelly dante is writing the divine comedy or something 1
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“dante is writing the divine comedy or something”
Tina Turner A little bit of that came from that Dante's comedy. I read his book. 1
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“A little bit of that came from that Dante's comedy. I read his book.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“at least the Europeans while they were slaughtering and killing were giving us the Divine Comedy and Carmina barana and these great Cathedrals and operas”
Passing
“or was it a gay burlesque version of Dante's Divine Comedy where the finders gathered for some ritual in the back lot”