August
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Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Purgatory is presented within The Divine Comedy as a mountain that must be climbed to be overcome. Following Dante and Virgil's sojourn into Hell, he and his guide prepare to achieve the summit of Purgatory, proceeding into a similar pilgrimage as the one they just completed. Purgatory: The Afterlife for Sins Arising From Love According to the textual Dante in this section, all sin arises from love and thus Purgatory consists of those who wanted to enact a crime for a good reason, but instead chose not to. Similarly, some of the people who reside in this afterlife accidentally committed a sin while living a good, promising life. This distinction is
