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I've read Inferno and thoroughly enjoyed it, and I would like to read the other ones, but there are no adnotated versions in my country, should I buy the english editions or read them without notes?

>> No.14675778

>>14675646
You can read Purgatorio without notes fine.

You CAN read Paradiso without notes, but I don't think it's a good use of your time, you will not be able to understand all of the astronomical references without them.

>> No.14675794

>>14675646
Singleton's edition is highly recommended.

>> No.14676126

Both have more references to medieval philosophy that make them harder to parse. It may be better to read Paradiso with notes.

>> No.14676662

>>14675646
You absolutely can.
Have you biblical knowledge?
>I prefer to read works without consulting footnotes or criticism the first time.

>> No.14676700

>>14675646
not even any secondary works ?

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>>14675646
Guénon (pbuh) wrote this short work that explains why Dante has been misunderstood by scholars from the 13th ce up until the late 19th ce. These scholars weren't initiated into the Christian mysteries (Dante was) to see the symbols, the numbers, the signs. Guénon (pbuh) explains how simple works like Dante's treatise "on Eloquence in the vulgar language" (Italian) was taken to be a simple grammatical work on rhetoric. This work serves as an initiation into his Divine Comedy.

>> No.14676859

Thank you all for the advice, I'll probably buy at least Paradiso with english notes and commentary.