Like at the beginning of Inferno you see how people who drifted through life wake up or suddenly realize they’re lost in the proverbial wilderness. Often consumed by the animals/vices following them through life or preventing them from finding their way back.
Just finishing up Purgatorio and about to start Paradisio.
In some ways it seems Dante is showing us that suffering is really a sort of gift - fuel to start making our way back to the Father in Agape. Inferno seems populated with the souls that have come to love only desire itself and so remain within suffering. Is there an irony here that the desire to avoid suffering actually leads us to more suffering? I also think of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane where he says ‘let this cup pass…’ (can I avoid suffering) but then after seeing his disciples fall asleep comes back to God saying ‘your will be done’ like an acknowledgment that the suffering must be accepted as a part of Agape.
. . . and they called it puppy love, at nine that 30 years later, became agape love.
What a wise man he was to channel his passion into a great piece of literature.
A man wise beyond his years (to say the least haha)
Like at the beginning of Inferno you see how people who drifted through life wake up or suddenly realize they’re lost in the proverbial wilderness. Often consumed by the animals/vices following them through life or preventing them from finding their way back.
Just finishing up Purgatorio and about to start Paradisio.
In some ways it seems Dante is showing us that suffering is really a sort of gift - fuel to start making our way back to the Father in Agape. Inferno seems populated with the souls that have come to love only desire itself and so remain within suffering. Is there an irony here that the desire to avoid suffering actually leads us to more suffering? I also think of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane where he says ‘let this cup pass…’ (can I avoid suffering) but then after seeing his disciples fall asleep comes back to God saying ‘your will be done’ like an acknowledgment that the suffering must be accepted as a part of Agape.
Such an incredible backstory! I love this strong distinction here between great writing and successful writing