Inferno, Canto 15 with Dr. Phil Cary

[@joemccormick9109]

Outstanding analysis and presentation

[@BGV1983]

Amazing. The ending brought tears to my eyes. What a gifted teacher/speaker!

[@Pollyanna99]

That was great. It touched me to tears as well. Powerful.

[@sandrastreetman731]

Dr. Cary, I could listen to you for hours! Thank you!

[@1987Barista]

This continues to be such a life-giving and enlightening journey, reading Dante together. One of the best lectures yet. Thank you!

[@treborketorm]

Dearworthy Dr. Cary, I bow my head to you for a great and meaningful presentation. You are no doubt the winner of the green cloth and I, in all humility, am like the one who must carry the live rooster through the streets of Verona.

[@evelynwaugh8393]

Thank you, Dr. Cary, for this moving and soul-nourishing discussion.

[@jeriklein9872]

Hands down one of the best presentations thus far!

[@cynthiaford6976]

I had been reading Harold Bloom, who said Dante is the center and Shakespeare the circumference of Western literature, and so decided to read along with 100 Days, but I was really not comprehending why The Divine Comedy had been so profound for so many, until this lecture. I understand better why Osip Mandelstam carried it with him always. Such a magnificent talk!

[@helen7438]

For me, this was the best lecture yet! Dr. Cary, you are operating in your gift!

[@cecethompson914]

Wow! What an analysis!

[@penelopegough6050]

That was brilliant. Thank you for reading the Italian text and interpretation.

[@xieouyang1341]

Most of the videos so far have been great and elucidating, but Dr. Cary’s is by far the best. He provides much greater insight and appreciation to the poem.

[@benjaminjeffery4548]

Thank you, Dr Cary.

[@denisebraganza]

I’m grateful for your explanation. Wonderfully and eloquently imparted. Thank you Sir.

[@majorwarner8593]

Wonderfully powerful explanation of Canto XV. Thank you Dr. Cary.

[@hvmkay9911]

This was a very different read then what I heard. Wow. Wouldn’t have read it like this. Humanity. Even in hell.

[@Gustolfo]

One of more beauty and deep clips of the series. Thank you

[@torifreeman993]

I would very much like to take a class with Dr. Cary. I had goosebumps by the end. Thank you for providing shedding such powerful light on this canto which felt significant, although I couldn't figure out why as I read on my own.

[@dustinsavage2832]

A couple days late, but I knew I recognized Dr. Cary's name. He did a wonderful course for the Great Courses series on the History of Christian Theology. Highly recommended!

[@magdalenaholt2967]

Oh, wonderful. Thank you.

[@spennny1000]

How amazing these 100 days of dante.... how beautiful. Obviously I've subscribed

[@jennifermelton9598]

Beautiful, beautiful. It reminds me of one of the earlier discussions of the Gates of Hell: “There is Truth and Beauty, even in Hell.

[@tali1500]

This is very profound, and moving, and necessary, Thank you, Dr. Cary

[@denloj]

This was one of my favorite videos thus far, truly well done sir.

[@elizabethbrink3761]

This is brilliant, thank you!!

[@davidritchie9017]

Powerful

[@cashcowcw123]

Beautiful! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@spennny1000]

Perfect

[@lisabaeringer6188]

Brilliant lecture. I'm so glad I took this journey with all of you.

[@casimirkukielka3842]

I have been waiting for this vid. Thanks!

[@williamgiovinazzo8523]

Excellent lecture. Is the book to which Dr. Cary was referring "Survival in Auschwitz?" I definitely want to read it.

[@ianwhiteford3422]

Se questo è un uomo / If this is a man - Primo Levi

[@williamgiovinazzo8523]

@@ianwhiteford3422 Thank you! I am going to order it immediately.

[@ianwhiteford3422]

@@williamgiovinazzo8523 It's a tough read, as you would expect in a book about Nazi camps.

[@williamgiovinazzo8523]

@@ianwhiteford3422 I am sure it is. I have read several books that touch on the subject, it is a difficult one.

[@patcamerino5456]

Just curious about whether I'm being censored! Entered comment as usual this morning but it did not show later in the day. So I re-entered it again this afternoon. Although I saw it being accepted, it does not appear among the entries. I've enjoyed making comments, albeit long ones, but it appears I may no longer be welcomed!

[@lucinda5131]

I enjoyed reading them

[@patcamerino5456]

@@lucinda5131 Thanks !! I still have no idea what went wrong. I plan to try again with the next canto. Even if KZbin doesn't accept I guess I'll keep going for my own ongoing summary, etc.

[@bryanbarajasBB]

This was tough to get🤔👍

[@gregnaimo8123]

Thanks Phil - a few little errors - he extends his hand toward Brunetto (Chinando la mano..29) and he's not referring to current day Fiesolani per say but to the 'genetic?' influence of Fiesolan blood that mixed with Florentines long ago (ab antico .. 62) It's also a river of boiling blood (& tears) . No-one ever seems to want to discuss the 3 sodomitti identified disparagingly by Brunetto - especially the last one! grazie mille.. Levi's book is a great but sad read also.

[@billwatkins276]

A wonderful presentation and insight, but having later read Canto 18 and seen Dr. Felch's later presentation of that Canto in this series, I have trouble reconciling Dr. Cary's final comments characterizing the Inferno as a "Christian Hell" that is not created - as if by Nazis - for the purpose of dehumanizing the souls and not intended for "pigs and beasts" with the gross depiction of the condition of the flatterers in Canto 18. In the 2nd Bolgia of the 8th Circle in Canto 18 (100-114) the Hollander translation has Dante describe the souls as "snuffling with their snouts" in the excrement. This seems an unmistakable allusion to an actual pigpen and a direct contradiction of Dr. Cary's conclusion here.

[@vasaricorridor7989]

JOB 1:6 One day, when the son's of God came to present themselves before the LORD, Satan also came among them. And the Lord said to Satan, "Whence do you come?" Then Satan answered the Lord and said, "From roaming the earth and patrolling it." I Was told, the Devil does not do evil, people do evil. The devil can't make anyone do anything, he can only provide a temptation to do evil. If a person takes the bate, and does evil by one's own will to do so, then the Devil can judge that person accordingly. Punishment comes when the Devil comes for them after death. On that day every knee will bend every tongue confess Jesus Christ is Lord The devil is not a practitioner of evil. He is a judge of people who are a practitioner evil. When a person says, "The Devil made me do it!" as an excuse of doing something wrong, they can only be lying. And by that, compounding their sins with that lie. See, the Devil is said to be a servant of God. But he holds the sin of pride. Pride enough to question God's judgement of giving humanity both a soul and free will. Stating that humanity is not worthy of such gifts. God has in turn, given the Devil the task of finding those that may misuse the gifts God has given. And the freedom to punish them after. Nobody likes to be judged for any wrong doings. Humanity is imperfect, and easy to sway via our emotions. So humanity see the Devil as evil, due to being the enemy of those who do bad things. - All, or even none of this could be true. - But if it is true, and calling out the Devil as a scapegoat for the many Evils man makes, we may never truly get to the root of the problem, and in turn, never be able to fix it. Can we keep getting away with blaming the Devil for the many wrongs made by humanity? Will humans never own up to our own potential for doing evil via the free will to do so? Will we continue to learn nothing about the truth of human nature? The good and the bad sides of it? - To me, we are our own worst nightmare. Perhaps, someday, we may wake up and be enlightened to what we are doing to ourselves, and perhaps find a way to grow up as a people, and stop blaming dark shadows for what we do, and instead do better. Is that not what having free will is about? For you love all things that are and loathe nothing that you have made; for what you hated, you would not have fashioned.. and how could a thing remain, unless you willed it; or be preserved, had it not been called forth by you? But you spare all things, because they are yours, O Lord and lover of souls, For your imperishable spirit is in all things! Therefore you rebuke offenders little by little, warn them, and remind them of the sins they are committing, that they may abandon their wickedness and believe in you, O LORD! He tests the good and the bad, He hates those who love violence For He loves the just and just deeds; the upright shall see his face. When God, in the beginning, created man, he made him subject to his own free choice. If you choose you can keep the commandment; it is loyalty to do his will. There is set before you fire and water; to whichever you choose, stretch forth your hand. Before man are life and death, whichever he chooses shall be given him. Immense is the wisdom of the LORD; he is mighty in power and all-seeing. The eyes of God see all he has made; he understands man's every deed. No man does he command to sin, to none does he give strength for lies.. O Jesus I know not if your real come ... come live in me Save Me