The Banquet
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The Banquet is the English title of Dante Alighieri’s unfinished philosophical work "Convivio," which blends prose and poetry to explore ethics, politics, and knowledge.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
didactic work
ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ unfinished work ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
defend the use of the vernacular in serious writing
ⓘ
make knowledge accessible beyond Latin-educated elites ⓘ provide philosophical instruction ⓘ |
| author | Dante Alighieri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme | the banquet as a metaphor for intellectual nourishment ⓘ |
| contains |
philosophical canzoni
ⓘ
prose commentaries on poems ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| dateWritten | circa 1304–1307 ⓘ |
| explores |
ethics
ⓘ
knowledge ⓘ love ⓘ nobility ⓘ philosophy ⓘ politics ⓘ the nature of language ⓘ the use of the vernacular ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
| form | blend of prose and poetry ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical literature
ⓘ
prosimetrum ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | The Banquet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOriginalTitleMeaning | Banquet ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
ⓘ
Boethius NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED ⓘ classical philosophy ⓘ |
| languageOfAuthor | Italian ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Medieval scholasticism ⓘ |
| numberOfCompletedBooks | 4 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Convivio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
epistemology
ⓘ
ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
De vulgari eloquentia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Divine Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | unfinished ⓘ |
| structure | planned as 15 books ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Dante scholarship ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| writtenIn | vernacular Italian ⓘ |
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