Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

SABCL 26

Fragment ID: 7951

Q: I am drawn to Dante especially by his conception of Beatrice which seems to me to give him his excellence. How would you define that conception?

A: Outwardly it was an idealisation, probably due to a psychic connection of the past which could not fulfil itself in that life. But I do not see how his conception of Beatrice gives him his excellence – it was only one element in a very powerful and complex nature.

10-7-1932