Tag Archives: Purgatorio

Frozen in the Ice of Indifference

By Robin Bates | Published: August 23, 2021

The difference between politicians who care and those who don’t is the difference between Dante’s Purgatory and Inferno.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 13, 2021

Some Christian see a clash between sex and love. Dante and Milton found ways to reconcile them.

By Robin Bates | Published: January 24, 2021

The envious in Dante’s “Purgatorio” shows that one can move past one’s resentments–important for the Biden administration to know.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 18, 2020

Dante saw art as essential to salvation. Religious doctrine and moral reasoning, while important, were not enough.

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