FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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It symbolizes Dante’s distrust of the Church.
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It is the home of the angels.
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It separates heaven from hell.
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It reminds Dante of his own pride.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Therefore the Primum Mobile, or “first moving” sphere, determines the natural operation of the universe, in which the earth is motionless at the center of the nine concentric, revolving heavens. As the physical source of motion, the Primum Mobile serves as the measure for the other spheres and is the basis for time.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Primum Mobile is the abode of angels, and here Dante sees God as an intensely bright point of light surrounded by nine rings of angels (Canto XXVIII). Beatrice explains the creation of the universe, and the role of the angels, ending with a forceful criticism of the preachers of the day (Canto XXIX):
Detailed explanation-3: -ˈprē-plural primum mobiles. : the outermost concentric sphere conceived in medieval astronomy as carrying the spheres of the fixed stars and the planets in its daily revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -primum mobile (plural primum mobiles or prima mobilia) (astronomy, historical) The outermost celestial sphere of the heavens in Ptolemaic astronomy, which was believed to cause all the inner spheres to rotate.
Detailed explanation-5: -First Sphere (The Moon) When entering the “Realm of Heaven”, Dante and Beatrice enter the First Sphere of Heaven or the Moon.