New-York daily tribune., 1865-10-26

iptepUty that outward tumut cculd d,etuIp .ht
devoted himself 70 study with such perseverance,
hrs sight al an early age became gresuy reading
OF Cicero and Bostbius. when. az he ssys, secn
became the rnstress e his sou, which, as we ~ Sose
be delighted TO symbolixe IN Beatrice, "NN
worship ht hcnceiorth dedicat ted MS iie s old he
To c1mnefe his edncotiou Ike the sages OF ol9' p s
now Travelled abroad-yisicd tho eb, ,n,er ncriod
logna Padaa Cremons, Naples ana, ~ tn,jl;sr with
i ha, , an f the time and the proyaiing EYE
tens OF philosophy Althongh he hnnch the embassa
some ideas directly on lhe Who in the thirteenth
on,nrv came "a Rome and FROM me 1 t;
returned from those countries NO cn,! go ,rr;,ors
pbiosophic culture TO the stes in the original as his
t"nIc 90 ofthe Greek language seems 10 ha'e peeh
limited Bat as far as reearseu ,a'o n'u a
% -oIas and Socrates, Dante becdme acQuinl,u
nIn % ~; dortyines jn tire Latin traDsatoDs, parcu-
VII ,hrnugh the writings of Cicero that great ee'ectc
80 preserved much OF the wisdom OF the ahse'.si
VIZ W. Vnrb those Of the Fathers OF the Church 81 An
nu md other ecclesiastical writer's of the Platonlc
choo Yet, while he was AKIN 10 fnto III tne feneio,
tnScroy Of bis thoughts and IN the LOFTY sYmDosm ey
as IL which he expressed them, he derived scientific
;ioes and forms from Aristotle, whose works he Knew
through Latin versions, the schoOlmeD, and tho R!ehl
Cornenary Of AyoTrloes. whose specuaiions nc "teh
made his own OntOogic and synthetic with Plato ne
was psychologist and analytic with Aristotle, unuer
whose guidance be ansiOmised nature and examlrcd he
structure ot the human mind and the organic cotuco
Of science thus acquiring from the fernateuc mclhVa
classification and generalization. This mingling OF the
Ideasm Of Plato with the Realism Of Aristotle is sym
hozcd in the Conmsda. where be points oIt IN lihioo
the lustrious shades Of the two philosophers, SUING
side by side above the ancient masters OF science
dividing the royalty of the human intellect 49,,
As In the study Of ancient philosophy DAME ueil'eu
his inspiration from the Academy and tie Lyeeuh 30
in theology after the Scriptures and the fstheIs ne
reyered as his teachers -. Bonayenura and ~
AQuinas the the representative OF the hons, hif ~
the other Of the ldcalism, Of the middle hg.N "ne
from familiarity with the writings OF the FORMER s
tendency 10 mysticism and SYMBOLISM was ihVIeateu
from the study Of the works Of the latter BIS faculties OF
anaysis 1centfation. and encyclopedia continuation
were sire gtbened His scientific system was tle re-
suit Of that eclectic power by which ms nlbo was 50
djstinC and through hich assmilating the ee
ents OF various doctrines. be produced Stem Whch
embraced the knowledge Of the past and Of BIS own age
Professor Botta presents succinet and iueid
narrative of the career of Dante chief magistrate
of the Florentne Republic, of. the political causes
which led TO his exile, Of the vandcrings Of the
poet throughout the country, aud his infu'
cnce on Italian literature. large portion
Of the volume is occupied with an analysis
of the "Divina Commeda," in which the author
has evidently been more solictous of accuracy OF
statement and soundness of criticism, ihan oil
rhetorical display. His work is entitled TO high
place among the English authorities on the subject
of which il treats abounding with rare ard inter
esting information, and written III style of purity
end vigor, which from the pen of one 10 whom the
language is not native, swakens perpetual surprise
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