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We've left the seven deadly sins behind. We got through lust, gluttony, avarice, and wrath, then dumped sloth, envy, and pride in favor of heresy, violence, and two types of fraud.

Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we explore the last of Virgil's map of hell in INFERNO, Canto XI.

At the bottom of the pit--indeed, at the center of the universe--lie those who have committed fraud: the sin that violates both the bond of love that nature is supposed to give every human for another and the special bond of trust that develops between two people.

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Here's an outline for this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE:

[01:11] I read all of Virgil's map of hell, from Canto XI, Line 16, all the way up through the end of this passage at line 66. If you'd like to see my English translation of this passage, drop a comment for more conversation, or find a deeper study guide, head out to my website markscarbrough.com.

[04:40] Virgil has become a scholastic theologian.

[09:12] I work through this specific passage, lines 52 through 66 in Canto XI. I'll give you some insights into the nature of the two sins of fraud--what's sometimes called "simple fraud" and "complex fraud."

[19:20] The bottom of hell—indeed, the bottom of the universe—is not about what humans do against God. Rather, it’s about what humans do to each other.