Paradiso Canto 13

Tom Ward is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University. He studies the Medieval philosophy, the history of philosophy, and metaphysics and teaches a course on the philosophy and theology of Dante. Questions for Reflection Why depict this heaven...

Paradiso Canto 12

Paul Contino is a Professor of Great Books at Pepperdine University. He teaches courses on Dante, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, and C.S. Lewis. Questions for Reflection What is the second wheel of solar souls that appear after Aquinas finishes his speech? What is the...

Paradiso Canto 11

A Franciscan friar and Roman Catholic priest, Francisco Nahoe OFMConv focuses his scholarly efforts primarily on Renaissance rhetoric and Medieval philosophy. His present research and writing projects include work on Anglo-Saxon eschatology, European petrarchismo, and...

Paradiso Canto 10

Dr. Jason Houston is Director of Gonzaga in Florence, where he teaches Dante in addition to leading the Gonzaga in Florence campus. His research focuses on Giovanni Boccaccio and his complicated relationships with other key Trecento Italian authors: Dante Alighieri,...

Paradiso Canto 9

Rob Miner is a Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University. He teaches courses in Philosophy and Great Texts, and his specialties are in the history of medieval thought, the history of modern philosophy, Thomas Aquinas, Nietzsche, and Montaigne. Questions for...