February 9

Dante

Finish the Inferno - including Canto XXXIV.

1. Analyze the entire contrapasso of the thieves and serpents in Canto XXIV-V. (There is more here!)

2. Analyze the perfect contrapasso.

3. Why is hell round?

4. How is complex fraud different from simple fraud?

5. Why is there ice at the bottom of hell?

6. Find one canto to epitomize/characterize each of the sections of hell.

1. In his dialogue "Meno", Plato says: "There is no teaching, but only recollection." What would Augustine say about this?
2. What is the relationship between the self and memory?
3. We will discuss Riki's question from Book XIII.