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This book explores the Islamic roots of the Western values of tolerance and religious pluralism, and considers Dante from the perspective of the Arab-Islamic philosophical tradition. It examines the relations between Islamic and Western thought, the historical origins of Western values, and the tradition of tolerance in classical Islamic thought.

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Introduction: A Comedy for Non-Christians PART ONE: VIRGIL´S HAPPINESS (DANTE, AL-FARABI, PHILOSOPHY) PART TWO: THE RIGHT PATH (DANTE´S UNIVERSALISM) Notes Works Cited

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GREGORY B. STONE is Professor of French, Italian and Comparative Literature at Louisiana State University, USA.

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