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March 16, 2018 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. In a global society, we are bound to read many works in translation. Quality literature from around the world is being produced at an increasingly fast pace. In fact, it is impossible to keep up with the literature in one’s primary language, let …
November 10, 2017 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s blog. In an attempt to better understand how we orient ourselves in life, I turn to Dante. In The Divine Comedy, Dante begins nearly every canto by determining his location. This works twofold as it locates the reader as well as the narrator. The …
June 2, 2017 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Reading through the list of punishments in Dante’s Inferno had a very visceral effect on me. I was thinking about the type of lifestyle that would lead one to create such insane punishments. After putting a little bit of thought into systems of …
May 5, 2017 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Enjoy Liszt’s “Dante Sonata” while reading today’s journey into hell. I spent a few hours last week discussing the various virtues of Dante’s Inferno. I could spend endless hours discovering the ways in which one gains knowledge of virtue through sin in Dante. …
