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Inferno 2

Dante's Divine Comedy

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Virgil's First Quick Zest

There's quite a lot of these start to appear through the journey that when we feel that Dante might be in need of some consolation or some comfort. Dorothy Alsées and her translation puts it rather nicely when she says that his first quick zest isn't really aligned with the spirit of all the human beings are capable of. But this is your calling Virgil says now as a we're oh human and you must want more and more actually not less and less. This is the part of us that can desire to consume the world in bits and pieces sort of safe sections you might say.

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