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Sexual Mores & Divine Eros: Why we need Dante to teach us about love

Dante's Divine Comedy

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The Role of Liesers in the Divine Comedy

Eros is our desire for what's good, beautiful and true. Dante understands this as a perception that goes all the way back to Plato. Rules won't contain it because Eros escapes the rules both in terms of our ascending to the heavens but also in terms of risking our own souls. The erotic love is about finding the object that truly satisfies all that longing.

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