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영어 원문 The men of learning in the age of Dante knew that the world was a globe, and when they made their ideal picture or pattern of the way in which the elements were arranged they imagined that the central thing, the hard core of the whole universe, was a solid globe of earth, the element of earth heavier than the others and therefore at the bottom. 해석 The men of learning in the age of Dante knew that the world was a globe, and when they made their ideal picture or pattern of the way in which the elements were arranged they imagined that the central thing, the hard core of the whole universe, was a solid globe of earth, the element of earth heavier than the others and therefore at the bottom. 단테시대의 지식인들은 이 세상이 구형임을 알고 있었으며, 또한 그들은 (그 구형을 이루고 있는) 요소들이 배열되어 있는 이상적인 그림, 즉 양식을 만들었을 때, 흙의 요소가 다른것들 보다 무거우며 따라서 밑바닥에 놓여 있으므로 전 우주의 알맹이인 중심은 흙으로된 고체의 구형이라고 상상했다.
※ globe 공, 구형
※ element 자연계를 구성한다고 생각했던 사대요소, 즉 earth, water, air, fire 중의 하나
※ core 속, 중요부분
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