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These days, I am writing an introduction to Monarchia by Dante. It is a work that contains some very interesting insights into current affairs, including what I believe to be an unsurpassable definition of “laity”.

— Augusto Del Noce

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AA. VV., G. Ceci and L. Cedroni (editors), Filosofia e democrazia in Augusto Del Noce, Roma, 1993, p. 232; and also Storia di un pensatore solitario, interview of M. Borghesi and L. Brunelli, in 30Giorni, n.° 4, April 1984. Reported in 30Giorni.it, article n.° 13074

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The originality of Dante lies not so much in his affirmation of the autonomy of the state, but in the religious reason for which it is affirmed. This is the path to asserting the religiosity of politics and the religious meaning of secularism.

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