" We must
remember that with Dante God is always the "Emperor of Heaven," the
barons of whose court are the Apostles. (Paradiso, XXIV. 115; Ib.,
XXV. 17.)
[214] Dante seems to imply (though his name be German) that he was of
Roman descent He makes the original inhabitants of Florence (Inferno,
XV. 77, 78) of Roman seed, and Cacciaguida, when asked by him about
his ancestry, makes no more definite answer than that their dwelling
was in the most ancient part of the city (Paradiso, XVI. 40.)
[215] Man was created, according to Dante (Convito, Tr. II. c. 6), to
supply the place of the fallen angels, and is in a sense superior to
the angels, inasmuch as he has reason, which they do not need.
[216] De Monarchia, Lib I. sec. 5.
[217] Purgatorio, VI. 83, 84.
[218] De Monarchia, Lib. I. sec. 16.
[219] De Monarchia, Lib. I. sec. 5.
[220] De Monarchia, Lib II. sec. 7.
[221] Purgatorio, XVI. 67, 68.
[222] "Troilus and Cressida," Act I. s. 3. The whole speech is very
remarkable both in thought and phrase.
[223] Purgatorio, I. 71.
[224] De Monarchia, Lib. I. sec. 14.
[225] De Monarchia, Lib. I. sec. 18.
[226] De Monarchia, Lib. I. sec. 14.
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