Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-14T13:55:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 438727.pdf: 394071 bytes, checksum: 7dc2ea9a9a883b75da2124dbe74af3a7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-27 / This research aims to present the political thinking of Dante Alighieri. It is quite common of us to think that the Florentine poet has only addressed the subjects related to poetry. However, it is necessary to point out that, even prior to becoming a poet, Dante Alighieri is a political philosopher of the Middle Ages. Living within an environment of troubled relations of power, especially between the Church and the Empire, Dante attempts to rationally present theses to solve the problem about who should govern in order to avoid the clash between powers in the Western Christianity. Through this perspective, the sommo poeta formulates a model of government focused on the distinction between powers: spiritual power and temporal power. Furthermore, it focuses on the individuals and in their political engagement the complete fulfillment of mankind, thus devising the concept of optimus homo. Undoubtedly a better man will be the one who participates in the political community, the one who gets involved in the so-called ethical and political issues and who respects the State and the Law / Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo apresentar o pensamento pol?tico de Dante Alighieri. ? muito comum pensarmos que o poeta florentino apenas tratou de quest?es relativas ? poesia. Entretanto, ? necess?rio esclarecermos que, antes mesmo de ser poeta, Dante Alighieri ? um fil?sofo da pol?tica na Idade M?dia. Vivendo num ambiente de conturbadas rela??es de poder, sobretudo entre Igreja e Imp?rio, Dante procura de forma racional apresentar teses para solucionar o problema acerca de quem deveria governar a fim de evitar o embate entre poderes na Cristandade Ocidental. Nesta perspectiva o sommo poeta elabora um modelo de governo centrado na distin??o entre poderes: poder espiritual e poder temporal. Ainda, centra no homem em sua participa??o pol?tica a plena realiza??o do g?nero humano, conferindo assim o conceito de optimus homo. Sem d?vida alguma ser? melhor o homem que participar da comunidade pol?tica, aquele que se envolver com as chamadas quest?es ?tico/pol?ticas e que respeitar o Estado e o Direito