This thinker argued that man endlessly pursues both earthly and divine pleasure in a defense of civic government and the Holy Roman Emperor.
This thinker criticized the common political allegory of the sun and moon by pointing out that the moon's existence and function is in no way predicated on the sun. This thinker collected thoughts from thirty months of philosophical study into a work divided into four books with poetic and prose sections. This thinker argued that man endlessly pursues both earthly and divine pleasure in a defense of civic government and the Holy Roman Emperor. This thinker wrote (*) Convivio and De Monarchia, the latter of which disputed his opponent Boniface VIII's claim to papal supremacy. This thinker, who defended his use of the vernacular in On Eloquence in the Vernacular, imagined himself guided by a constant reason in the form of a woman who appears in one of his works to guide the author through heaven. For 10 points, name this author of the Divine Comedy.
This thinker criticized the common political allegory of the sun and moon by pointing out that the moon's existence and function is in no way predicated on the sun.
Dante Alighieri [accept either underlined portion]