LEADER 04212nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910811392103321 005 20240514070758.0 010 $a1-118-11241-5 010 $a1-118-11243-1 010 $a1-118-11240-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000166918 035 $a(EBL)818755 035 $a(OCoLC)761321879 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000622258 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12249146 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000622258 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10638255 035 $a(PQKB)10839087 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000597332 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11941364 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000597332 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10577814 035 $a(PQKB)11579992 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC818755 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL818755 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10560681 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000166918 100 $a20110411d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDante's deadly sins $emoral philosophy in Hell /$fRaymond Angelo Belliotti 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChichester, West Sussex ;$aMalden, MA $cWiley-Blackwell$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (361 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-118-72041-5 311 $a0-470-67105-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; PREFACE; The Rationale; The Origin; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; The Historical Context; The Life of Dante; Later Writings; The Commedia; Dante's Death; Aims of this Book; Dante as Moral Philosopher; 1 INFERNO; Dante's Mission; The Journey Begins; Vestibule (Ante-Hell): The Indecisive Neutrals; Upper Hell: Sins of Unrestrained Desire (the Wolf); River Styx, Walls of the City of Dis; Lower Hell: Sins of Malice Leading to Violence (the Lion); Lower Hell: Sins of Malice Leading to Fraud (the Leopard) 327 $aDante's Existential Lessons in Hell2 PURGATORIO; Purgatory in a Nutshell; The Journey Continues; Ante-Purgatory: Late Repentants; Gate of Purgatory; The First Three Terraces: Misdirected Love; The Fourth Terrace: Deficient Love of the Good; The Final Three Terraces: Excessive Love of Secondary Goods; Dante's Existential Lessons in Purgatory; 3 THE NOTION OF DESERT AND THE LAW OF CONTRAPASSO; The Notion of Desert; The Contrapasso; The Problem of Proportionality; First Case Study: Francesca; Second Case Study: Brutus and Cassius; Third Case Study: Epicurus; Dante's Moral Conception 327 $a4 PARADOXES AND PUZZLESThe Paradox of Virgil; Summary of the Paradox of Virgil; The Strange Case of Cato; "The Perfect Stoic"; Dante's Decision; Dante and Conflict; 5 THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS; Historical Background; Superbia (Pride); Invidia (Envy); Ira (Wrath); Acedia (Sloth); Avaritia (Avarice); Gula (Gluttony); Luxuria (Lust); The Antidote: Righteous Love; The Bridge to Salvation; 6 DANTE'S EXISTENTIAL MORAL LESSONS; Dante and Existentialism; Jean-Paul Sartre and Hell; Dante's Ten Existential Lessons; Individualism and Community; Personal Strategies; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX 330 $aDante'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 assumptions, his treatment of the 7 deadly sins, and how 10 of his most powerful moral lessons anticipate modern existentialism.Analyzes the moral philosophy underpinning one of the greatest works of world cultureSummarizes the Inferno and Purgatorio, while underscoring their moral implicationsExplains and evaluates D 606 $aDeadly sins in literature 606 $aHell in literature 615 0$aDeadly sins in literature. 615 0$aHell in literature. 676 $a851/.1 700 $aBelliotti$b Raymond A.$f1948-$01632874 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811392103321 996 $aDante's deadly sins$94103987 997 $aUNINA