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.
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.