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13-14) distinguishes between the light of the sun and the blinding effulgence of God. to these verses) reminds the reader of the similar passage at Purgatorio XV.15, in which Dante's sense of sight is overwhelmed. If one looks at the sun (a sensibile, an object of sense perception, in this case by the eyes), anything else will seem less bright by comparison (see the discussion of the sensibile comune in the note to Purg. The sensation encountered by any particular sense organ is what is meant, and the commentator's first example fits perfectly here. 10-18) points out that the word sensibile is a technical term, reflecting such discussions as those found in Aristotle ( De anima II and De senso et sensato). The partial insights of several help us make sense of what Dante said. The passage has caused difficulty over the years. The poet at first may seem to be making exactly the same sort of mistake the protagonist has just made, a second idolatrous praising of his lady who, he now seems to be saying, is of even greater worth than the entirety of the Church Triumphant (or so Singleton implies, referring to these 'strong words, calling the whole procession 'poco' in comparison!'). XXXI.63) to denote the instrument with which a hunter catches birds (as a girl caught incautious Dante, according to Beatrice), and may also remind us of the net in which Vulcan caught his adulterous wife Venus in flagrante delicto with Mars, as Allen Tate (“The Symbolic Imagination: A Meditation on Dante's Three Mirrors,” in Discussions of the “Divine Comedy,” ed.

The word rete (net) was used in the last canto ( Purg. The poet records her 'holy smile' the protagonist remembers his earthly feelings. Having seen Beatrice as God loves her, he still contrives to think she is that pretty girl from Florence. Dante's morals may have been cleansed on the mountain, and Lethe may have made him forget his now forgiven sins, but his intellect is surely not working at its highest level. XXX.48) that flared in Dido and then in Dante, Dido's words become his own. The 'antica rete' (old, familiar net) reminds us of the 'antica fiamma' (ancient flame – Purg. The love that Dante feels now for Beatrice is described in terms that indicate its 'Carthaginian' dimension.