Where did Dante's Empyrean come from?
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Perhaps the most artistically and textually advanced passage in Dante's Commedia is the description of the Empyrean, a place which doesn't exist materially, beyond space and time. The Dante Encyclopedia defines it as follows:
The tenth and highest heaven, encompassing all creation (< Greek empyrios, fiery). Unlike the other nine heavens, or moving celest…
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