How To Be Human And How To Quit Being Human: INFERNO, Canto X, Lines 73 - 93
After out time with Cavalcante, that passage about human loss and suffering, we now return to Farinata, our Greco-Roman statue--who becomes less so over the course of the strange, twisty passage.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we explore the roots of Dante's art: What does it mean to be human?Who loses their humanity in this passage? Not Farinata. Certainly not Cavalcante in the last passage. Instead, our pilgrim may be the one who still cannot overcome the cycles of shame and vendetta, who then loses his humanity at a moment when human loss seems most pressing.If you'd like to support this…
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