Commentary Par VII 20 |
The presence of two words directly related to 'justice' in this verse begins by far the largest single deployment in any canto of such words: giusta and giustamente here; giustamente ([Par VII 42]); giusta ([Par VII 50] and [Par VII 51]); giuste ([Par VII 84]); giustizia ([Par VII 119]). The neighboring canto (VI) is tied for second place with four, thus making these two cantos the center of this concern in a poem that is perhaps more concerned with justice than with any other single political/moral concept. See C.Inf.III.4. And now see Boyde (Boyd.2000.1), Chapter Nine.