“ The greater goodness works the greater weal, The greater weal the greater body holds, If perfect equally are all its parts. ”
Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy (1320). copy citation
| Author | Dante Alighieri |
|---|---|
| Source | Divine Comedy |
| Topic | goodness work |
| Date | 1320 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translanted by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1004/pg1004.html |
Context
“"Do thou take What I shall tell thee, if thou wouldst be sated, And exercise on that thy subtlety.
The circles corporal are wide and narrow According to the more or less of virtue Which is distributed through all their parts.
The greater goodness works the greater weal, The greater weal the greater body holds, If perfect equally are all its parts.
Therefore this one which sweeps along with it The universe sublime, doth correspond Unto the circle which most loves and knows.
On which account, if thou unto the virtue Apply thy measure, not to the appearance Of substances that unto thee seem round,”
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