Moving up the mountain, Envy is the next to go, then Wrath, then Sloth, then Greed, then Gluttony, and lastly Lust--the mildest offense
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Violence is too broad--so there is violence against others, then against self, then against God.
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Fraud is such a vast category that Dante sketches out ten distinct bolgia, some of which have more than one kind of fraud in them.
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And finally, Treachery--the single WORST expression of Pride and Envy--even this, he breaks into four smaller categories.
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Betrayal of kin, then country, then guests, and finally benefactors. Satan's treachery against God is the most dramatic example of the last.
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So, this is good news. Resist Pride and Envy and you'll be avoiding the worst kinds of sin, and better able to resist the other kinds.
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But don't be complacent either--you don't get brownie points for sin A instead of sin B. Even the slightest sin is rebellion against God.
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The only reason to "rank" sins at all is to make it see how each one begets others, and how you can work backwards away from them.
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do you believe in an esoteric understanding of Dante's writing?
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you can read esotericism into anything, but yes, Dante is a more obvious case--lots of ink spilled on this topic
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where can one find some good analysis of it?
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if you buy a print edition it'll probably come with pages of notes for each canto
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@Logo_Daedalus has a neat thread covering the basics heck even Rod Dreher wrote a book on it
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