• See Paradiso V 134:⁠— “Even as the sun, that doth conceal himself By too much light.” And Milton, Paradise Lost , III 380:⁠— “Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear.” ↩
• Matthew 5:9:⁠— “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.” ↩
• Sloth. See note 111 . And Brunetto Latini, Tesoretto , XXI 145:⁠— “In ira nasce e posa Accidia niquitosa.” ↩
• The first, the object; the second, too much or too little vigor. ↩
• The sins of Pride, Envy, and Anger. The other is Sloth, or lukewarmness in well-doing, punished in this circle. ↩
• The sins of Avarice, Gluttony, and Lust. ↩
• The punishment of the sin of Sloth. ↩
• Milton, Paradise Lost , V 100:⁠— “But know that in the soul Are many lesser faculties, that serve Reason as chief; among these Fancy next Her office holds; of all external things, Which the five watchful senses represent, She forms imaginations, aery shapes, Which Reason joining or disjoining frames All what we affirm or what deny, and call Our knowledge or opinion; then retires Into her private cell, when Nature rests.” ↩