Title: The Scandal of Dante's Catholicism for Contemporary Readers Part 1
Added: Feb 22, 2012
Author: uofd1956
Duration: 85:24
Description:
Dr. Robert Hollander visits the University of Dallas to give two lectures titled "The Scandal of Dante's Catholicism for Many Comptemporary Readers." The event was held on March 18 and March 23, 2009 and was opened to the public.About the SpeakerRobert Hollander is professor of European literature emeritus at Princeton University, where he taught for more than 40 years. The author of a dozen books on Dante and Boccaccio, he has received many awards in recognition especially of his work on Dante, including the gold medal of the city of Florence and the gold florin of the Dante Society of America.http://www.udallas.edu
Channel: Education
Tags: university of dallas robert hollander dante literature
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Youtube Comments: 3
MrAnthonyVance Says:
Mar 17, 2012 - I am inferring from Dr. Hollander's statement that he is a fan of Thomas Aquinas and therefore believes in Catholicism? If so, I am thinking that it is intellectually inconsistent to accept the paganism and irrationality of Thomas Aquinas and be a serious scholar of logic and truth and science. Catholicism (like all religions) is so full of nonsense and fascism and sheer harm to free thinking that the good Dr. Hollander will lose points with me if he actually buys into Dante's story
MrAnthonyVance Says:
Mar 16, 2012 - And this is why I love Youtube. Case in point -- Dr. Hollander's splendid talk on Dante was totally entertaining, totally educative, totally deserving of applause. Loved it. I love Youtube but I have noticed of late that the cockroach corporate advertisers have infiltrated the Youtube channels in lots of videos and are pushing their wares. Fortunately, a commercial has not corrupted this video (and Dante) yet.Thank you for this post.