A Translation of the Quaestio de Aqua et Terra

Dante Alighieri

Translated by Alain Campbell White

50 chapters · about 46 min

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The opening

Dante Alighieri of Florence, least among real philosophers, to each and every reader of these words, greeting in His name, who is the source and beacon of truth.

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About this edition

The words
Alain Campbell White's English translation, copied word for word.
Left out
  • Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 4 places
  • Google's notice on its scanned books (the scanning library's notice) (17 blocks)
  • The library's bookplate (Harvard College Library) and a speck read as characters (3 blocks)
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
  • Library stamps on the scanned copy (Harvard College, date stamp) (5 blocks)
  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 2 places
  • A preface, foreword or afterword, in 3 places
  • Library stamp on the scanned copy (Harvard College Library) (3 blocks)
  • Pictures and their captions
  • Other works printed in the same volume
  • A speck at the end of the scan