"Dante does not come before us as a large catholic mind; rather as a narrow, and even sectarian mind: it is partly the fruit of his age and position, but partly too of his own nature. His greatness has, in all senses, concentred itself into fiery emphasis and depth. He is world-great not because he is world-wide, but because he is world-deep. Through all objects he pierces as it were down into the heart of Being. I know nothing so intense as Dante."
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Thomas Carlyle, "The Hero as Poet" in Heroes and Hero-Worship (1841).
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Dante Alighieri
1265 – 1321
italienischer Dichter
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