(About Dante Alighieri) Of course, one cannot expect the formal perfection of other writings, but that is simply because “it is a book,” whereas the natural expression of tragic consciousness, such as Weil's, is the aphoristic form.

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Augusto Del Noce, F. Mercadante, A. Tarantino, B. Casadei (editors), Rivoluzione Risorgimento Tradizione, Milano, 1993, pp. 116-117; and Augusto Del Noce, Giacomo Noventa. Dagli errori della cultura alle difficoltà della politica in L'Europa, IV, 7 February 1970. As reported in 30Giorni.it, article n° 13074

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(About Dante Alighieri) Of course, one cannot expect the formal perfection of other writings, but that is simply because “it is a book,” whereas the natural expression of tragic consciousness, such as Weil's, is the aphoristic form.

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