La gracieuse lumière de la raison Variations et portée de l’argumentation philosophique chez Dante

The great Aristotelian principles of nature, causality, and adequacy between means and end are frequently taken up by Dante, who uses them in different domains, such as language, political reflection, and the question of human desire and finitude. Examining these principles allows us to show the freedom, rigor, and audacity with which Dante develops his argument, as he does in the discussion of the theological virtues in cantos XXIV and XXV of Paradiso.