The Angel Foundation : DANTE FORUM

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The Angel Foundation has been holding the academic meetings since 1992, which are labeled as the "Dante Forum." Correlated with Dante Alighieri's Commedia, or the Divine Comedy, one of the sublimest letters in human history, this Forum makes various inquiries into the arts and literatures of the Western world, as well as into Angelology (i.e. the study of Angel), an intriguing branch of the Christian Theology.

Dante Forum No.7 (1998)

Angels as the Guides of Lifelong Learning

On Knowledge of the Supersensible World

	Prof.	Ryosuke INAGAKI
	Prof.	Tomonobu IMAMICHI
	Prof.	Koichi KABAYAMA

Topics : the Natural and the Supernatural / Knowledge of the existence of Angel beings / Significance of Angelic existence with respect to our intelligence / Angels' devotion or services / Problems concerning the education of aesthetics or philosophy / the Hierarchy of Angels and the earthly orders of human beings / Possibility of man's freedom / Significance of Angelology in today's society / "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings..." (Is. 52 : 7)

Dante Forum No. 6 (1997)

Dante's Visions, Michelangelo's Images

On the Purgatory and the Last Judgement

	Prof.	Hidemichi TANAKA
	Prof.	Koichi KABAYAMA

Topics : Influence of Dante's visions to the fine arts / Images of the Purgatory appeared in the works of Michelangelo / Concept of purgation in the Western thoughts / Sins and man's salvation / The roles of the images of Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory, in man's intelligence / The making of dark ground-work of our nature

Dante Forum No. 5 (1996)

Dante, the Poet Philosopher

For the Education of Philosophy

	Prof.	Tomonobu IMAMICHI
	Prof.	Koichi KABAYAMA

Topics : Dante as one of the most remarkable thinkers of mankind / The Divine Comedy considered as philosophical poetry / Analysis of Dante's metaphysics / The observer of human nature in the depth / Comparison of the problems of conscience; Dante's time and ours

Dante Forum No. 4 (1995)

On the Angel Study by Thomas Aquinas

	Prof.	Ryosuke INAGAKI
	Prof.	Koichi KABAYAMA

Topics : Traditional conceptions of Angels; messengers, revealers, or counselors / Issues concerning man's representations of the world in the medieval age / St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor / Issues concerning the ways and media of communications; human language and lingua Angelica / Problems of human intelligence; its limits and potentialities / Recognition of the supernatural beings

Dante Forum No. 3 (1994)

Magical Charm of Virgil

	Mr. Hiroshi OSADA
	Prof.	Hidemichi TANAKA

Topics : On Dante's reverence for Vergil / Magnetism of Vergil inspected by a today's Japanese poet / Poetry, art, and Nature / On the pastoral poets and country life / Poetry as related to the idea of Utopia / Poet, the maker / Relation of the imitation of Nature to poets' creativity / Historical significance of Virgil

Dante Forum No. 2 (1993)

On Dante's Visionary World and Michelangelo's Plastic World

	Prof.	Hidemichi TANAKA
	Prof.	Koichi KABAYAMA

Topics : Vision, revelation, and imagination / Imagery in Dante's Divine Comedy / Influence of Dante to the fine arts of Italian Renaissance; Botticelli and Michelangelo / Inspiration from Dante; Auguste Rodin's Gate of Hell / The forms of "faith, hope, and charity" / Importance of learning classical literature / The classics in relation to the acknowledged truths / On the properties of love or grace / Depicting the shapes of Absolution and Redemption

Dante Forum No.I (1992)

Longings for Infinity, and Yearnings for Motherly Love

	Prof.	Yasuhiro HIRAKAWA
	Prof.	Takeo DOI
	Prof.	Shoichi WATANABE
	Prof.	Koichi KABAYAMA

Topics : Psychological analyses of some verses in the Divine Comedy / Relationships of the characters; Dante and Vergil; Dante and Beatrice / Some reflections upon the relation between masters and disciples / Distinction between sensual love and maternal love / On the words of revelations; the Apostles, Luther, Dante / Significance of the role of mother tongue or the national language in literature

15 LECTURES on the Divine Comedy

Delivered by Prof. Dr. Tomonobu IMAMICHI

Professor Dr. Tomonobu IMAMICHI (1922- ), a most erudite, honorable philosopher in the contemporary world academy and the originator of new branch of art, Eco-Ethica, will be publishing the sublimation of his life long study on La Commedia.Dr. IMAMICHI's 15 Lectures on the Divine Comedy, which structure is based on his intensive course of the DANTE FORUM, surely is to be a basic bibliography for not only the Danteans, but for all the students of Western thoughts in general.

Publisher : Misuzu Shobo