Commentary Par XI 139

Thomas, in good Thomistic fashion, rounds off his 'gloss' on [Par X 96] by repeating the entire line here.

It is amusing to think that Dante's revenge on his major intellectual rival in the debate over the truth-telling capacity of poetry comes from making Thomas a commentator on Dante's poetry, a role that he himself, perhaps prodded by Thomas's attacks on his profession, felt called upon to play in his Epistle to Cangrande.