Comparison between Paradise Eschatology in al-Ma'arri and Dante Alighieri

In the present article, the author Dr. phil. Milena Rampoldi intro-duces some parallels as well as differences between two great works of world literature: the Divine Comedy of the Florentine poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) on the one hand and the Letter of Forgiveness of the Abbasid poet Abi 'Ala al-Ma'arri (973-1057) on the other. In this context, she also explains the philosophical foundations...