Feb 10th: Opening Canto 16, and Dante’s Pride in his Noble Ancestry

Today we’ll start a new canto in Paradiso, Canto 16 – where Dante is both being humble and prideful at the same time, with his tercets about the little “noble blood” that he and Cacciaguida shared. Even as he says, that this should should not be an element of the spiritual life.

Enjoy!

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