Life and works
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| c. May–June 1265 ≈ | Born in Florence — if he was indeed born under Gemini, as the Paradiso suggests, the birthday would fall between mid-May and mid-June (Britannica records c. 21 May–20 June).[3] [4] |
| c. 1274 ≈ | By the testimony of his own writings, meets at age nine Beatrice Portinari, whom after her death (1290) he will invoke as the inspiration of his poetic vision.[3] |
| 1285 | Marries and starts a family; from then on takes part in Florence's cultural and civic life, serves as a soldier and holds various political offices.[3] |
| c. 1293 ≈ | Composes the Vita nuova, the prosimetrum in praise of Beatrice.[4] |
| 1302 | Condemned and exiled from Florence in the struggle between Guelph factions; he will never return to the city.[3] [4] |
| c. 1304–1307 ≈ | Writes the Convivio, abandoned with only four of the projected treatises, and De vulgari eloquentia, on the illustrious vernacular.[3] |
| c. 1308–1321 ≈ | Composes the Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso), per Britannica's dating.[4] |
| 1312 | In the years of the expedition of Henry VII of Luxembourg, crowned emperor in 1312, becomes an impassioned propagandist of universal empire.[3] |
| after 1314 ≈ | Writes the Monarchia, the Latin treatise on the necessity of an imperial power independent of the Church — its dating is disputed; the SEP considers composition after 1314 probable.[3] |
| 1319 | Moves from Verona (the court of Cangrande della Scala) to Ravenna, where he completes the Paradiso.[3] |
| 13/14 September 1321 | Dies in Ravenna — Britannica records the date as 13/14 September.[4] [3] |
Reception in the COF
Present in 83 of the 589 transcription files of the Curso Online de Filosofia; 6 lectures engage him substantially (5 or more mentions). The most engaged lectures:
This section documents what Olavo said and when — never what the philosopher "really" meant. Characterizations are Olavo’s, tied to a lecture by number and date.
| Lecture (aula) | Date | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| 160 | 2012-06-23 | 12 |
| 41 | 2010-01-16 | 8 |
| 148 | 2012-03-31 | 6 |
| 286 | 2015-03-28 | 6 |
| 297 | — | 5 |
| 303 | — | 5 |
| 311 | — | 4 |
| 377 | — | 4 |
| 11 | 2009-06-20 | 3 |
| 20 | 2009-08-22 | 3 |
| 30 | 2009-10-31 | 3 |
| 38 | 2009-12-26 | 3 |
| 211 | 2013-07-13 | 3 |
| 313 | — | 3 |
| 336 | — | 3 |
A dash in the date column means the transcription file carries no verified date — an undated file, not an undated lecture. Counts are accent-insensitive, word-boundary matches over the public community transcription corpus.[1] [2]
References
- COF — community transcriptions of the Curso Online de Filosofia (585 lectures) — Community transcription repository (upstream declares CC0 for the transcription work; the lectures remain the estate's)
- COF em Áudio — lecture audio collection — Internet Archive (community upload)
- Dante Alighieri — Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Dante | Italian Poet — Encyclopaedia Britannica