O, Fortuna: INFERNO, Canto VII, Lines 67 - 96
Dante wants to know why some people have it good and some, bad. Virgil, seemingly impatient, sets into his sermon on the goddess Fortune who controls this world. It's boiler-plate Boethius . . . but may be a lot more, too.We've come to the back part of Canto VII of INFERNO. We've seen those who hoard their wealth and those who spend too much. And Virgil's got some sort of answer. Trouble is, it's not a satisfying answer. Nor (I think) are standard interpretations of this passage in INFERNO.Consider supporting this podcast by using this PayPal link right here.Here are the segments for this…
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