[TROI]

Has anyone read this book? I found it gave a good insight into the the mentality of fundimentalist christians and why they do the things they do. Also I found the fact that traitors to their country got the worst part of hell all to themselves, as a good sign of how the church helped keep the working class in line during medieval times.

Matt

[S. P. Laroche]

I've read Inferno, and I found it odd that everyone Dante liked was in Hell, as well as all those he hated. Seems more of a "holier than thou" thing on Dante's part.

[Truth-a-naut]

I actually started reading it last night, I stopped at the level of hell were its snowing and there is that cerberus creature.

[TROI]

It is also funny how most of the popultion of hell is made up of character's from Greek myth's and plays. Most of the book is BS but it is interesting seeing which sins get the harshest punishments in Dante's eyes.

Matt

[The Red Goblin]

The Inferno is easily the best of the Divine Comedy. If you don't like it don't even pick up the others. The inscription on the Gates of Hell made a nice sign above my dorm room in college; "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here."

If it were written today, I wonder who would be at the center of attention in the inner most circle. Written to please the Medici princes of Florence, Dante made "Treachery" the worst sin. This was a round about way of letting the Florentine retainers know what was in store if they betrayed their master.

What is the greatest "sin" today, and who would take the place of Brutus, Crassus and Judas?

['Cesca]

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[Esteban]

Divine Comedy is one of my favorite pieces of literature.

[Lohr]

Is it just me, or do the punishments for the sins in INFERNO seem just a bit harsh?

a nice example would be the punishment for flattery:....swimming in excrement for all eternity.

Can someone even tell me how in the flaming hell flattery can be considered a sin?

[Der Freiheitsucher]

I read this book in German and Latin. Not even Dante understood this piece of utter shit.

[smashthestate]

a good sign of how the church helped keep the working class in line during medieval times.

During those times I believe it was the working class which was predominantly fundamentalist Christian, while the ruling elites were lax believers or aethists.

[Liberal]

Dante`s "Devine comedy" is very good. But, I find it to have a lot of political propaganda in it. He was pro-Holy Roman Emperor, so he placed most of the popes in the hell

[fastspawn]

does anyone remember where he placed saladin? i remember it was quite distinct.

[Lohr]

what I want to know is has anybody read purgatorio or paradiso....or is inferno the most widely read?