Subject: Dante as an innovator

5. It has never been denied that Dante the political philosopher as well as Dante the poet assimilated to the full the political doctrines by which his century was moved. In fact, Dante held a key-position in the political and intellectual discussions around 1300, and if in a superficial manner he has often been labeled reactionary, it is simply the prevalence of the imperial idea in Dante’s works different though it was from that of the preceding centuries which obscured the overwhelmingly unconventional features of his moral-political outlook. From Ernst H. Kantorowicz, The King’s Two Bodies. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981.

Keywords: never deny, key-position, outlook, unconventional


5. Paraphrase: Dante has been recognized by both of the political philosopher and the poet. Actually, he played sort of important person=an important role in the political and intellectual discussions in 1300s. However, his political perspective looked as if he was a reactionary, because there were many innovative contents in his pieces against the imperial idea (Kantorowicz, 1981)