Beatrice continues to demolish the pilgrim Dante’s doubts by turning to Plato’s TIMAEUS and using it as a turn from her notion that revelation requires accommodation to a much larger discussion of free will in the face of astral (or planetary) influences on human behavior.
Read MoreDante notices that the light has doubled in brightness. He also hears the music of the spheres. He’s too busy trying to measure and understand those to realize that he’s already left earth to fly up toward the planets and stars. Fortunately, Beatrice is there to set him straight . . . and to redefine “home.”
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