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==Structure of Heaven==

==Structure of Heaven==

Heaven is made up of nine spheres, corresponding to the heavenly bodies visible from Earth that were known in Dante's time. Dante meets the [[soul]]s of the dead in each sphere, organised according to the good works they did while on Earth. Dante questions Beatrice on what he sees and is questioned by the inhabitants of [[Heaven]] as well. The nine levels of Heaven correspond to the [[Ptolemy|Ptolemaic]] view of the [[planet]]s' rotation around the Earth, and in each one Dante is shown a different category of souls:

Heaven is made up of nine [[sphere]]s, corresponding to the heavenly bodies visible from Earth that were known in Dante's time. Dante meets the [[soul]]s of the dead in each sphere, organised according to the good works they did while on Earth. Dante questions Beatrice on what he sees and is questioned by the inhabitants of [[Heaven]] as well. The nine levels of Heaven correspond to the [[Ptolemy|Ptolemaic]] view of the [[planet]]s' rotation around the Earth, and in each one Dante is shown a different category of souls:

[[Image:Ptolemaicsystem-small.png|right|thumb|250px|A Medieval diagram of the Earth and planets, showing the system used in the Paradiso.]]

[[Image:Ptolemaicsystem-small.png|right|thumb|250px|A Medieval diagram of the Earth and planets, showing the system used in the Paradiso.]]

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| [[Saturn]]

| [[Saturn]]

| Contemplatives

| Contemplatives and [[monk]]s

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| Fixed [[Stars]]

| Fixed [[Stars]]