An excess of sloth--radical indifference--doesn't merit a special penalty in Hell, on the contrary, it means you're not even bad enough...
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Replying to @380kmh
...to be admitted to Hell in the first place. You're doomed instead to join the crowds outside Hell, chasing the banner of self-interest.
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So if Sloth is punished in ante-Hell, what about Envy and Pride? Welcome to Inner Hell, inside the walls of Dis.
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Dante's treatment of Inner Hell suggests that Envy and Pride (which even in my untrained mind are closely related) are especially wicked...
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...because of the terrible variety of expressions they have. All manner of sin springs from them. Heresy, Violence, Fraud, and Treachery.
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For these deeper circles, Dante is faced with such a variety of evil that he has to set up sub-circles in each (except heresy).
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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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Replying to @AmongTheRuins00
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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