The article provides a comparative analysis of the Orthodox ethics of the Russian religious philosopher Vladimir Solovyov and the mystical ethics of the Renaissance representative Dante Alighieri. The aim of the study is to identify points of contact between the ethical concepts of these two very different philosophers. Two works were selected for comparison: “Readings on God-Manhood” by V. S. Solovyov and “The Divine Comedy” by Dante. The ethics of man’s abstraction from natural principles and the acquisition of a metaphysical existence by the individual are explored. Three stages of human ethical development are considered in the concept of V. S. Solovyov. It is shown that in the process of ethical development, the human personality perceives the Divine principle and reunites nature with it. It is noted that for Solovyov, ethical development is a positive and objective process — a divine-human process. A significant place is devoted to the symbolic-metaphysical understanding of ethics in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. It is indicated that Dante shows an inexhaustible source of possibilities for man to overcome the burden of earthly existence and turn to the true ethics of divine revelation. It is concluded that both Dante Alighieri and V. S. Soloviev came to the realization that the religious principle in man is the only real implementation of the free ethical process.