PHYSICS
A THEORY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 DANTE AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY 2 VISUAL MOTION ILLUSIONS IN THE CLASSICAL ERA AND IN THE MIDDLE AGES 3 VISION AS A TANGIBLE AND DYNAMIC TOOL IN THE DIVINE COMEDY AN OVERVIEW 4 MOVING CLOUDS AND BENDING TOWERS: THE ILLUSIVE MOTION OF THE GARISENDA IN INFERNO XXXI 5 WHERE DO VISIONS THAT DO NOT COME FROM SIGHT COME FROM? 6 SEEING THE LIGHT: DANTE AND THE PERSPECTIVIST THEORY OF LIGHT AS PROPER VISIBLE 7 VISUAL PERCEPTION IN DANTE’S COMMEDIA ACCORDING TO THE EARLY COMMENTARIES (1320–1400) 8 A MEDICAL COMMENTARY ON THE SIGNA AMORIS IN THE VITA NUOVA 9 DANTE, HEALTHCARE AND DISEASES 10 DANTE, NEUROLOGIST AND NEUROANATOMIST: EVIDENCE FROM THE DIVINE COMEDY