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        <title><![CDATA[What motivated Dante to write The Divine Comedy]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What motivated Dante to write The Divine Comedy]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the Middle Ages numbers were given great significance, and were...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the Middle Ages numbers were given great significance, and were thought to reveal the mysteries of God's creation.  The number 100 symbolized for Dante the totality and perfection of the universe.  The number 10 is considered to stand for perfection, because it is the base on which the number system is built.  The number 100, then, is the perfect number multiplied by its own perfection. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri, is there a reason why the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri, is there a reason why the Cantos of all 3 books add up to one hundred?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[At its most basic level, the language is straightforward: getting closer...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[At its most basic level, the language is straightforward: getting closer to God is good; it makes sense. There is order in God's world (as opposed to the world people live in who do not know God). So, traveling toward God, and heaven, is traveling toward order, or sense (a good thing).]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the explanation of the phrase &quot;A quest for heaven  is also...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the explanation of the phrase &quot;A quest for heaven  is also a quest for order&quot; from &quot;Divine Comedy&quot;?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Virgil's complete quote is from Canto XXVII, line 142, which reads, " I...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Virgil's complete quote is from Canto XXVII, line 142, which reads, " I crown and miter you lord of yourself!"

The crowning of Dante, then, makes him responsible for his own choices here on earth.  As the two exit Purgatory, Dante is shown a lush and lovely valley.   There, he observes many dead European monarchs, as well as other luminaries who became too obsessed with their eartly duties.  As a consequence, their reliance on faith suffered...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:52:01 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[On reaching the Earthly Paradise, Virgil the guide crowns and miters...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[On reaching the Earthly Paradise, Virgil the guide crowns and miters Dante. Why? Thank you very much for your answer.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:35:10 PST</pubDate>
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