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May 12, 2025
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By Gustave Doré (1832 – 1883) - Dante's Divine Comedy: Hell - Purgatory - Paradise.

1- Reason can only take one so far. Faith must carry them home.

Dante’s reason—physicalized in Virgil, his guide through Hell—rescues him from the dark wood he’s lost in. Reason helps him order the chaos of his moral confusion. Reason strengthens his understanding of sin. …

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