Dante Alighieri, divina Commedia, Folchetto di Marsiglia: IX, 112-117.
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Tu vuo' saper chi è in questa lumera | che qui appresso me così scintilla | come raggio di sole in acqua mera. || Or sappi che là entro si tranquilla | Raab; e a nostr'ordine congiunta, | di lei nel sommo grado si sigilla.
— Dante Alighieri on Rahab
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Tu vuo' saper chi è in questa lumera | che qui appresso me così scintilla | come raggio di sole in acqua mera. || Or sappi che là entro si tranquilla | Raab; e a nostr'ordine congiunta, | di lei nel sommo grado si sigilla." in the context of "Dante Alighieri, divina Commedia, Folchetto di Marsiglia: IX, 112-117." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri (c. 30 May 1265 – 13 September 1321), most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri, was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.
About Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri (c. 30 May 1265 – 13 September 1321), most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri, was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.
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