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Heaven: Canto 6 -- Second Heaven: Mercury
Heaven: Canto 6 - Second Heaven: Mercury. Wednesday, March 30, 2005. Paradiso: The Second Sphere, Mercury - Seekers of Honor. Ciardi notes that in Canto VI of the Inferno. Dante summarizes the condition of Florence; in Canto VI of the Purgatorio. The state of Italy; and in Canto VI of the Paradiso. The chief problem of this canto lies in the justice of the Jews upon whom the Roman eagle wrecked a just vengeance, and this is something about which Dante will ask Beatrice in the canto that follows.
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Heaven: Canto 8 -- Ascent to the Third Heaven
Heaven: Canto 8 - Ascent to the Third Heaven. Sunday, April 03, 2005. Paradiso: The Third Sphere, Venus and the Amorous. Posted by Sebastian Mahfood at 11:17 AM. Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. View my complete profile. Paradiso: The Third Sphere, Venus and the Amorous.
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Heaven: Canto 10 -- The Fourth Heaven: The Sun
Heaven: Canto 10 - The Fourth Heaven: The Sun. Tuesday, April 05, 2005. Paradiso: Canto X, Doctors of the Church. Posted by Sebastian Mahfood at 12:41 AM. Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. View my complete profile. Paradiso: Canto X, Doctors of the Church.
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Heaven: Canto 12 -- St. Buonaventura
Heaven: Canto 12 - St. Buonaventura. Thursday, April 07, 2005. Paradiso: Canto XII, The Second Garland of Souls. Posted by Sebastian Mahfood at 11:02 PM. Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. View my complete profile. Paradiso: Canto XII, The Second Garland of Souls.
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Inferno: Canto 9 -- Circle 6
Inferno: Canto 9 - Circle 6. Friday, September 24, 2004. Inferno: Canto 9 - Circle 6. We built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll. Built this city, we built this city on rock an' roll. Say you don't know me, or recognize my face. Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place. Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight. Too many runaways eating up the night" - Starship. Virgil sends up a prayer, and it is answered in this canto as an angel scatters the sinners and throws open the gate.
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Heaven: Canto 13 -- The Double Garland
Heaven: Canto 13 - The Double Garland. Friday, April 08, 2005. Paradiso: Canto XIII - The Intellect of the Faith in the Sun. Nonetheless, there is still something for Aquinas to say to resolve Dante's remaining question for these souls - for if none were ever born that matched Solomon's gifts, then what of the first and second Adams (not Henjums)? Posted by Sebastian Mahfood at 6:56 PM. Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. View my complete profile. Paradiso: Canto XIII - The Intellect of the Faith.
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Heaven: Canto 15 -- Cacciaguida
Heaven: Canto 15 - Cacciaguida. Sunday, April 10, 2005. Paradiso: The Fifth Sphere, Warriors of God. Para 22) is correct, to hell that which we don't understand. It would be unkind to record that had he been a better fighter, he would not have been martyred on the field, and his present joy comes from that's having occurred, but not until after he had sired Dante's father's grandfather, whom we also learn is still circling the cornice of the proud - presumedly for cherishing the new patronym too loud.
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Heaven: Canto 16 -- Dante's Noble Ancestry
Heaven: Canto 16 - Dante's Noble Ancestry. Monday, April 11, 2005. Paradiso: The Fifth Sphere - Cacciaguida's Dialogue. Posted by Sebastian Mahfood at 9:59 AM. Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. View my complete profile. Paradiso: The Fifth Sphere - Cacciaguidas Dialog.
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Heaven: Canto 17 -- Cacciaguida's Prophecy
Heaven: Canto 17 - Cacciaguida's Prophecy. Tuesday, April 12, 2005. Paradiso: The Fifth Sphere, Cacciaguida Explains Dante's Banishment. What Caccagiuda provides him, though, is something very important to his focus in the Comedy. Posted by Sebastian Mahfood at 8:00 PM. Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. View my complete profile. Paradiso: The Fifth Sphere, Cacciaguida Explains D.
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Heaven: Canto 18 -- The Sixth Heaven: Jupiter
Heaven: Canto 18 - The Sixth Heaven: Jupiter. Wednesday, April 13, 2005. Paradiso: Ascent to Jupiter. Posted by Sebastian Mahfood at 4:22 PM. Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. View my complete profile. Paradiso: Ascent to Jupiter.
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Heaven: Canto 30 -- The Tenth Heaven, or Empyrean
Heaven: Canto 30 - The Tenth Heaven, or Empyrean. Monday, April 25, 2005. Paradiso: Canto XXX - The Mystic Rose. Since Fr. Earl has brought up the point, and since it's quite relevant to my posting here, the end of the canto does seem out of joint with the fact that our godhead is drawing near. Beatrice's prophecy, the last denunciation in the Comedy. Posted by Sebastian Mahfood at 9:31 PM. Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. View my complete profile. Paradiso: Canto XXX - The Mystic Rose.
