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The Easy Climb Into Complex Meaning: PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Lines 1 - 21
Season 2 Episode 99
Dante the pilgrim and his guide, Virgil, have arrived at the second terrace of Purgatory proper. As readers, we're not even sure what this terrace is…
2 years, 2 months ago
Dante, Aquinas, Aristotle, And The Fences Of Truth
Season 2 Episode 98
Before we step onto PURGATORIO's terrace of envy, the second ledge of Purgatory proper, let's pause a moment to talk about the relationship among Dan…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Second Terrace Of Purgatory: A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Canto XIII, Line 1, though Canto XV, Line 84
Season 2 Episode 97
We've come with Dante the pilgrim and Virgil, his guide, to the second terrace of Purgatory, the terrace of envy.
Join me, Mark Scarbrough, for this i…
2 years, 2 months ago
Erasing God's Writing Even If Virgil Smiles: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 118 - 139
Season 2 Episode 96
Dante the pilgrim and Virgil have a little ways to go before they finally exit the terrace of pride. In fact, Dante has to come to a surprising revel…
2 years, 3 months ago
Narrow Stairs, Contorted Similes, And The On-Going Poetry Of Hell: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 100 - 117
Season 2 Episode 95
Dante and Virgil begin their climb from the first to the second terrace of Purgatory but as they do, they climb up in an incredibly contorted and dif…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Climb Out Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 73 - 99
Season 2 Episode 94
Dante and Virgil begin their exit from the terrace of pride on Mount Purgtory. To do so, they must encounter and angel who implicitly calls back Luci…
2 years, 3 months ago
Storytelling, Moral Allegory, And The Human Paradox: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 64 - 72
Season 2 Episode 93
Dante the poet adds a coda to his (fake) ekphrastic poetry on the reliefs in the road bed of the terrace of pride on Mount Purgatory. He steps back a…
2 years, 3 months ago
More Questions Than Answers About The Reliefs In The Road Bed Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 22 - 63
Season 2 Episode 92
We've spent three episodes going over the reliefs in the road bed of the terrace of pride on Mount Purgatory. Now let's step back and look at the who…
2 years, 3 months ago
Walking On Pride, Part Three: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 49 - 60
Season 2 Episode 91
We've come to the last four reliefs in the paving stones of the terrace of pride. We're almost on our way to the next terrace of Purgatory . . . but …
2 years, 3 months ago
Walking On Pride, Part Two: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 37 - 48
Season 2 Episode 90
We're still walking on top of the reliefs of the prideful in the road bed of the first terrace of Mount Purgatory after the gate: the terrace of prid…
2 years, 3 months ago