Focus on XXIII, XXXVI-XXVIII
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Why is the bridge broken in the sixth circle of
the Malabolgia?
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What is Dante teaching us about fraud by the
architecture of this region?
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Why is hypocrisy at the cusp of the
Malabolgia? What do the sins of fraud above hypocrisy have in
common?
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What is at the root of each group of sins: incontinence, of violence, simple fraud, and complex fraud.
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Explicate the contrapasso of the sowers of scandal and schism.
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- What affect does Monica's death have on Augustine?
- In his dialogue "Meno", Plato says: "There is no teaching,
but only recollection." What would Augustine say about this
statement?
- Why are we lost? What is the root
problem?
- What is the relationship between self
and memory?
- Does Augustine ever experience
contrapasso?
- Why are the issues of time and creation important to
Augustine?
- See T.S.Eliot - How would Augustine respond?
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