Great Books #12: Dante in Paradise
From Prof Jiang’s Predictive History and other lectures by kashifnoorani
May 27, 2026 · 44 min
About this episode
Professor Jiang discusses how Dante re-animated the human imagination in his lecture to high school students.
Watch on YouTube: https://link-to-youtube.s.gy/gb12 In this Wednesday, May 27, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang explains how Dante re-animated the human imagination. Notes and References: 1. Dante's Divine Comedy, translated by Alan Mandelbaum https://digitaldante.columbia.edu/dante/divine-comedy/
People in this episode
Host: Professor Jiang
Topics covered
- Dante
- human imagination
- literature
- education
- Divine Comedy
Keywords
- Dante
- Divine Comedy
- human imagination
- literature
- education
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Dante's Divine Comedy
Places: Beijing
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