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I saw within Its depth how It conceives all things in a single volume bound by Love, of… — Dante Alighieri

Poem · Narrative poem · Epic poem · Religious literature

I saw within Its depth how It conceives all things in a single volume bound by Love, of which the universe is the scattered leaves.

In the original Italian

Nel suo profondo vidi che s'interna, legato con amore in un volume, ciò che per l'universo si squaderna.

Dante Alighieri
Paradiso · 1321
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Current citation
Alighieri, Dante. "Paradiso." The Divine Comedy, edited by David H. Higgins, translated by C. H. Sisson. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Original citation
Alighieri, Dante. "Paradiso [Paradise]." La Comedia di Dante Alleghieri [The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri]. Foligno: Johann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da Trevi, 1472.

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