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The Siren, The Lady, And Virgil: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 16 - 33
Season 2 Episode 149
Here's the second episode on the pilgrim's second dream in PURGATORIO. Things get wilder after the ugly lady becomes beautiful under the pilgrim Dant…
1 year, 1 month ago
Chilly Dreams Before The Fifth Terrace Of Purgatory: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 1- 15
Season 2 Episode 148
Our pilgrim has fallen asleep on the edge of the fourth terrace of Mount Purgatory. He's seen the racing slothful but night has gotten the better of …
1 year, 1 month ago
Our Hiatus (Unfortunately) Continues. . . .
Season 2 Episode 148
A brief episode to explain why the podcast WALKING WITH DANTE has gone silent for over a month. Sorry about that. I can't wait to be back on the walk…
1 year, 2 months ago
An End-Of-Year Hiatus Before We Walk The Fifth Terrace
Season 2 Episode 148
We've climbed to the fifth terrace of Mount Purgatory. We are way up the mountain. We can barely see the shore where the angels boat arrived. We cert…
1 year, 3 months ago
Greedy Beasts That Refuse The Lure: A Read-Through Of The Fifth Terrace Of PURGATORIO, Cantos XIX - XXI
Season 2 Episode 147
We've climbed up to the fifth terrace of Purgatory proper and come among the avaricious. These three cantos become increasingly complex and daring: i…
1 year, 3 months ago
Fear, New Thoughts, And Dreams: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, Lines 130 - 145
Season 2 Episode 146
The zealous slothful have run on, although there are still two coming in the rear, "biting" the penitents from behind with warnings about sloth.
After…
1 year, 3 months ago
Speaking Truth To Power: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, Lines 97 - 129
Season 2 Episode 145
At last, the slothful penitents arrive. They're a roiling horde in a crazy rush, whipped around the terrace to make up for the ways they were neglige…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Sleepy Can Get Run Over: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, Lines 76 - 96
Season 2 Episode 144
Our pilgrim has found himself in the dark of night, a time where he loses all effort on Mount Purgatory.
But don't get too sleepy, Dante. You can get …
1 year, 4 months ago
Virgil, Reason, Love, And The Roots Of Modern Ethics: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, Lines 49 - 75
Season 2 Episode 143
Virgil offers his third discourse on love at the middle of PURGATORIO to 1) show his work about ethics derived from Aristotle's notions of substance …
1 year, 4 months ago
Questions Of Pregnancy And Blame: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, Lines 40 - 48
Season 2 Episode 142
Virgil has finished his second, clarifying discourse on love, but it hasn't done the trick. The pilgrim Dante is even more full of doubts . . . pregn…
1 year, 4 months ago