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Dante and Beatrice

Dante's unrequited love for Beatrice—whom he barely knew—became the organizing principle of his entire literary and spiritual life, demonstrating how love can function as a pathway to meaning rather than requiring mutual reciprocation. Their story raises an unsettling question: can love be true if it exists primarily in the lover's imagination?

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