The Metaphysics of Dante's ComedyDante's metaphysics his understanding of reality is very different from our own. To present Dante's ideas about the cosmos, or God, or salvation, or history, or poetry within the context of post Enlightenment presuppositions, as is usually done, is thus to capture only imperfectly the essence of those ideas. The recovery of Dante's metaphysics is essential, argues Christian Moevs, if we are to resolve what has been called the central problem in the