Community and Intellectual Happiness The Invention of a Shifting Logical Subject
In evaluating the comment (III.3.13) to lines 3 and 4 of the canzone, “move cose di lei meco sovente, / che lo ’ntelletto sovre’esse disvia” (awakens often thoughts of her such that my intellect is led astray by them), we may note that the verse is quoted here in a different version: “move sovente c...
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| Published in | Reading as the Angels Read pp. 250 - 320 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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Toronto
University of Toronto Press
07.04.2016
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| Online Access | Get full text |
| ISBN | 1442637064 9781442637061 |
| DOI | 10.3138/9781442624542-007 |
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| Summary: | In evaluating the comment (III.3.13) to lines 3 and 4 of the canzone, “move cose di lei meco sovente, / che lo ’ntelletto sovre’esse disvia” (awakens often thoughts of her such that my intellect is led astray by them), we may note that the verse is quoted here in a different version: “move sovente cose che fanno disviare l’intelletto” (often stirs thoughts that bewilder the intellect).¹ The lines are not explained, but the meaning is indirectly given by way of an important theme: the superiority of this lady who is above human reason.² We read:
… pero che li miei |
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| ISBN: | 1442637064 9781442637061 |
| DOI: | 10.3138/9781442624542-007 |