Beyond Good and Evil · Character
Dante Alighieri
Italian poet, briefly mentioned in cultural references.
minor
Also known as Dante
First appearance: i prejudices of philosophers
Dante Alighieri shows up with force in Chapter 236. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Cited for his line 'ella guardava suso, ed io in lei' ('she looked upward, and I at her'), which is presented as a foundational example of the idealized, uplifting view of…
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