El intérprete de los deseos de Ibn ʿArabī y la vita nova de Dante Alighieri. Los conceptos compartidos de ausencia, memoria y indefinido

The following article aims to compare and to bring into dialogue the Interpreter of Desires by Ibn ʿArabī and the Vita Nova by Dante Alighieri, under three aspects which are deeply represented in these two works: the concept of Absence, of Memory and Indefinite. According to this analysis, the quest for the Beloved, in both works, implies the Absence and values the Presence as the final aim of the Lover; secondly, the void caused by the absence of Niẓām and Beatrice is fulfilled by the mnemonic faculty, thanks to evocations, souvenirs and memories; lastly, the space-time indefiniteness allows the works to be considered universal. No other concrete references are found except the Beloved and her Spiritual Quest in itself.