The quoted shade says his soul wanted to ascend earlier, but that motion was opposed by a divinely just desire to continue penance before climbing.
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Divine justice
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"...by longing to do penance as ones to sin, instilled by divine justice."
"And I, who have lain in the suffering five hundred years in war, just now have felt my free will for a better threshold...."
"...by longing to do penance, as one should sin instilled by divine justice. Okay? So, the people in Purgatory, are those who have committed..."
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The lecture begins with Augustine's dusty human nature and ends with Virgil fleeing the proof that Dante's love is stronger than obedience.
The Divine Comedy does not defeat Virgil by denouncing him.
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