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It's Complicated: Art, the Beautiful, and the True Good in Dante's Purgatorio | Dr. Robert Royal

The Thomistic Institute

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The chapter explores the speaker's personal connection to Dante's poem and delves into the importance of the incarnation, focusing on purgatorio over inferno and paradiso. They discuss the structure of the Divine Comedy, highlighting the significance of 100 cantos and the terza rima rhyme scheme, and emphasize how Dante conveys true beauty through poetry, allegory, and scholastic philosophy.

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