20. Paradise XXIV, XXV, XXVI
Channel: openyalecourseselect
Date: 2012-12-11

In Paradise XXV, St. James examines Dante on the question of hope, one of the three theological virtues. For Dante hope is a virtue of time, oriented toward the future but also able to change the past. By linking the question to the context of his exile, Dante connects the virtue of hope with his own hope of returning to Florence.