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Three Ecstatic Visions And Dante's Warning (To Himself?) About Anger: PURGATORIO, Canto XVII, Lines 19 - 39
Season 2 Episode 132
As Dante the pilgrim gets ready to leave the third terrace of Purgatory, the terrace of the angry, he has three ecstatic visions that warn about the …
1 year, 6 months ago
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Season 2 Episode 135
Just a brief note to say that I've made a mistake in uploading sound files and I'm too remote a location to make any changes. I'll fix the last episo…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Light Of The Imagination: PURGATORIO, Canto XVII, Lines 1 - 18
Season 2 Episode 131
Dante the pilgrim leaves Marco of Lombardy behind, but Dante the poet is not yet done with fundamental questions for his poem--particularly, how does…
1 year, 7 months ago
Marco Of Lombardy Redux: Questions From PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 46 - 145
Season 2 Episode 130
We've finished Marco of Lombardy's central discourse about free will, the soul's maturation, and the systemic problems with the world. Now let's look…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Chatty Conclusion Of The Angry Marco's Discourse: PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 130 - 145
Season 2 Episode 129
Marco of Lombardy's time in COMEDY comes to an end with a chatty back-and-forth between him and the pilgrim Dante. Dante wants to compliment Marco on…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Best World Is A World With Two Suns: PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 97 - 129
Season 2 Episode 128
Marco of Lombardy, the angry penitent, continues his diagnosis of the world's problems. It's got only one sun, not two, as Rome had. And that one sun…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Shocking News That The Soul Is A Little Girl: PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 85 - 96
Season 2 Episode 127
Marco of Lombardy continues his discourse on free will, deep in the pitch-black smoke of the third terrace of Purgatory where the angry penitents con…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Cause Is In You: PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 64 - 84
Season 2 Episode 126
Dante the pilgrim has asked the angry Marco of Lombardy the cause of the world's ills. Marco responds with both exasperation and affection before tur…
1 year, 7 months ago
How Can You Justify The Ways Of God (Or At Least, The Stars): PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 52 - 63
Season 2 Episode 125
Dante's on the verge of exploding with doubt. Marco of Lombardy's snark about the loss of valor in the bows of this world has done little more than l…
1 year, 7 months ago
Greeting The Wrathful And Slowly Changing COMEDY Itself: PURGATORIO, Canto XVI, Lines 25 - 51
Season 2 Episode 124
Wrapped in the dark, acrid smoke, Dante encounters one of the angry penitents and one of the most seminal figures in COMEDY, here at almost the exact…
1 year, 7 months ago