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Dante's Divine Comedy

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  1. PART ONE: DANTE'S PRE-COPERNICAN UNIVERSE

    Lecture 1: The Shape of Dante’s Journey
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  2. Lecture 2: The Shape of Dante’s Universe
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  3. PART TWO: WHY DANTE CHOSE VIRGIL AS HIS GUIDE
    Lecture 3: Virgil as Human Reason and Proto-Christian
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  4. Lecture 4: Virgil as the Bridge between Athens and Jerusalem
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  5. PART THREE: HELL BY THE NUMBERS
    Lecture 5: A Journey through Upper Hell
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    1 Quiz
  6. Lecture 6: The Violent and Fraudulent Souls of Lower Hell
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    1 Quiz
  7. PART FOUR: THE INHABITANTS OF HELL
    Lecture 7: Of Lovers and Heretics
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    1 Quiz
  8. Lecture 8: Noble Minds Gone Astray
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    1 Quiz
  9. PART FIVE: THE SEARCH FOR FREEDOM
    Lecture 9: Purging the Seven Deadly Sins
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  10. Lecture 10: Eden Restored and Love Rediscovered
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  11. PART SIX: JOURNEY INTO LIGHT
    Lecture 11: Those Who Dwell in the Seven Spheres
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  12. Lecture 12: Toward a Vision of God
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  13. END OF COURSE TEST
    End of Course Test: Dante's Divine Comedy
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  • Why does Dante begin the Comedy with darkness, and how does that shape our understanding of the journey?
  • How does the cosmology of Dante’s universe reinforce the moral order of the Comedy?
  • Why is Virgil the appropriate guide for the Inferno, and what does he symbolize?
  • In what ways is Dante’s journey a mirror of every Christian’s spiritual path?
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