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An observatory on a mountain top is an ideal place in which to write on astronomy and poetry, but it has one drawback: the difficulty of obtaining books on special subjects. My husband’s criticisms and help have been invaluable, and of books on modern astronomy there is no lack; but many others which I have wished to consult I have been unable to procure, and doubtless there are many more which I ought to have read, but of whose existence I am ignorant.
In a beautiful passage of the Convivio Dante describes how he first began to devote himself diligently to science and philosophy. When the gentle soul of Beatrice had passed to heaven, a great darkness fell upon him: the streets of Florence were to him as a deserted city, and his life empty and purposeless.
Therefore, for full enjoyment and understanding of Dante’s works it is necessary to have a rudimentary knowledge of astronomy.
Many of his readers think that Dante’s astronomy is very complicated and difficult to understand. What makes it seem difficult is that in this age we are generally unfamiliar with the skies.
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