ɐkˈoːɹdɪŋ tə skˈɑːlɚ ɹˈɑːdʒɚ θˈiːədˌoːɹ lˈæfɚɾi, dˈɑːnteɪ bˈɪlt ˌʌp ðə fɪlˈɑːsəfi ʌvðə kˈɑːmədi wɪððə wˈɜːks ʌv ˈæɹɪstˌɑːɾəl æz ɐ faʊndˈeɪʃən, dʒˈʌst æz ðə skəlˈæstɪks jˈuːzd ˈæɹɪstˌɑːɾəl æz ðə bˈeɪsɪs fɔːɹ ðɛɹ θˈɪŋkɪŋ.
According to scholar Roger Theodore Lafferty, Dante built up the philosophy of the Comedy with the works of Aristotle as a foundation, just as the scholastics used Aristotle as the basis for their thinking.