Dante's deadly sins : moral philosophy in Hell /

• Main Author: Belliotti, Raymond A., 1948-
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Subjects: Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321. > Divina commedia.; Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321 > Ethics.; Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321; Divina commedia (Dante Alighieri); Deadly sins in literature.; Hell in literature.; Dante Alighieri.; Dante Alighieri > Ethics.; Literature.; Ethics.; Electronic books.

Dante's Deadly Sins is a unique study of the moral philosophy behind Dante's master work that considers the Commedia as he intended, namely, as a practical guide to moral betterment. Focusing on Inferno and Purgatorio, Belliotti examines the puzzles and paradoxes of Dante's moral assu...

Table of Contents:

• Inferno
• Purgatorio
• The notion of desert and the law of contrapasso
• Paradoxes and puzzles : Virgil and Cato
• The seven deadly sins
• Dante's existential moral lessons.