Dante's Paradiso & The 9 Levels of Heaven Explained

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My boy Dante was way ahead of his time with tier lists.

“Hey Dante, you ready to go to hea….” Made me laugh uncontrollably

“If someone always seeks truth, they will always find God at the end of it.” might be one of the most reassuring quotables I have ever heard.

I lived with an Italian dude in Barcelona for two years while studying philosophy. Him and I had a "Day of Dante," every third Sunday of the months. We'd drink wine, eat tapas and talk Dante. I think I learned more about literature and philosophy on those days. To David! Miss you buddy...every day. He'd call me Virgil on those days too. Good read.

I really enjoy how Divine Comedy went from "look at all those losers" to "please explain in 20 words or less about the paradoxical nature of time and the intrinsicate sense of superior will in mortal thinking"

“There are no prizes for circumstance, only character” Man dropped one of the hardest quotes ever spoken

St. John: flashbangs Dante Dante: still recovering from getting flashbanged St. John, now bobbing his head: 🎵What is love?🎵

"The very existence of Calvary was so that humanity could take part in their own salvation" is such a raw concept

Reminder that this is the Medieval equivalent of hard scifi. Dante takes great pains to stick to what most scholars of the day considered the way the stars and planets worked mechanically.

I feel like we've both gone on this adventure together, now, at this point. Thanks for being our Virgil.

As a person who was brought up in a extremely abusive Christian household were I would be beat if I didn’t want to go to church or pray I find it extremely refreshing to see a devote person such as you, how passionate you are and the love you feel towards your faith. Makes me smile every time. While I don’t see myself coming back to Christianity I’m glad there are people like you. Also sorry is this makes little sense, English is not my main language.

As an atheist, this dude painted a very beautiful picture of justice being served amongst all of time. Perfect

I love that Dante's Inferno is basically a story about a man who whilst seeing fantastical mind breaking shit his only burning question is "ay bro how's the war effort"

Came for strange theological acid trip. Stayed to hear more about Dante's increasingly incomprehensibly beautiful eldritch horror of a girlfriend

Saint John: What is love? Dante: Baby don't hurt me, dont hurt me, no more-

Dantes visualization of the trinity between god, jesus and the holy spirit is one of the most beautiful things that I've heard in my 24 years of life so far. made me tear up

The significance of Virgil’s inability to guide Dante to Paradise is actually something I think is worth some focus. Dante thought of Virgil as the great philosopher and mind. He represents the faculties of reason and logic; and while these reasonable faculties can orient Dante towards Divinity, ultimately when the time comes they are not enough. Instead Beatrice, a beautiful maiden, Dante’s love carries him where all intellect fails.

Also, neat little detail about when Dante talks to Emperor Justinian, he introduces himself thus: "Caesar I was and am Justinian." I just love the way this shows that even the most important and powerful titles have passed away into insignificance in Heaven, because they don't matter compared to the fact that you are a Son or Daughter of God.

Late to the party, but honestly, this series has inspired me to be less negative about the world around me. That was a brilliant telling of a classic. When you're on the internet for a long time it's very easy to sink into the comfort of nilihism and make everything a joke because you can understand and pick apart the aspects of any story. Towards the ending of purgatorio and paradiso your telling had me holding back tears. It was wonderful. I'm not even religious but I feel what Dante must have been feeling as he tries to answer life's questions and as I read in his attempts to explain them.