“The blessed angel, whom we had reached by now, with a glad voice said: ‘Here’s the entrance; nor is this stair half as steep as the other two’.”
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The song “Blessed are the merciful” rings out. As they journey, Dante asks Virgil about some of del Duca’s remarks. Virgil explains that human beings see sharing as a reduction of what each individual gets. But this isn’t the way that a loving soul should think. Rather, such a soul sees mutual possession as increasing each one’s good. Blessed by the Angel of Generosity, Dante and Virgil progress from the level where envy is purged to the level where wrath is purged. This section contains Virgil’s first discourse on love. He touches on the ideas of sharing and reciprocity.