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‘O sun, you who heal all troubled sight, you so content me by resolving doubts it pleases me no less to question than to know. But go back a little way, I said, to where you told me usury offends God’s goodness, and untie that knot for me. ... The usurer, who takes another path, scorns nature in herself and in her follower, and elsewhere sets his hopes.

First page and i already know there is an extremely high likelihood i’ll dnf this:(

Wow. Difficult read but so rich with historical and literary allusions. I learned a lot.

Progreso: Canto XXI

Dante y su guía siguen en el octavo círculo transitando por cada bolsa; tuvieron un altercado con unos diablos en la quinta bolsa y supuestamente estos mismos los ayudarán a seguir cruzando, pero Dante no se fía de ellos y yo creo que hace bien, ya veo ya que en el siguiente canto les hacen pasar un mal rato.