Canto 11 divides the lower hell into circles of violence and fraud, and Virgil states that fraud is punished lower because it is peculiarly human and more hateful to God.
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Canto 11
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"Learn now the how and why of their confinement. A very malice that earns hate in heaven, injustice is the end. And each such..."
"So, in Canto 11, that's the one where, in line 5, he says, One was set on the priesthood, and then in line 8,..."
"...all right? So first thing is we're going to go to Canto 11, Canto 11, okay? So what's happening is that Beatrice and Dante..."
"...All right. So can we read Carol, please? Sure. This is Canto 11, okay?"
"Paradise, Canto 11. Oh, senseless cares of mortals, how deceiving are syllogistic reasonings that bring your wings to flight so low to earthly things...."
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