Sep 2, 2026 · 29 min · 10 segments
Beatrice now launches into the true explanation for moon spots, found not in folklore, not in natural philosophy, but in metaphysics. Her explanation pushes her to disclose the parts of the universe…
Mark ScarboroughHost
Hey there, this is Mark Scarborough, and this is the podcast Walking with Dante, a podcast that is walking toward the end of Paradiso Canto 2.
We're going to be at lines 106 through 126, the first of two episodes for the end of Canto 2. and the first of two episodes on Beatrice's final answer for why there are moonspots.
If you are just joining us here, you might want to go back at least to the start of Canto II of Paradiso to pick up the moonspot discussion button.
further back or farther back since it's a journey farther back in the podcast itself it's a great shame that this canto is often skipped even in italian mandatory classes on dante the shame is that the end of this canto holds some of the most profoundly unexpected and gorgeous bits of all of paradiso This is an unbelievable imaginative flight that Beatrice is about to take off on and not perhaps imaginative.
Perhaps Dante is actually advancing what she says as the truth and the truth could not be guessed.
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Hey there, this is Mark Scarborough, and this is the podcast Walking with Dante, a podcast that is walking toward the end of Paradiso Canto 2.
We're going to be at lines 106 through 126, the first of two episodes for the end of Canto 2. and the first of two episodes on Beatrice's final answer for why there are moonspots.
If you are just joining us here, you might want to go back at least to the start of Canto II of Paradiso to pick up the moonspot discussion button.
further back or farther back since it's a journey farther back in the podcast itself it's a great shame that this canto is often skipped even in italian mandatory classes on dante the shame is that the end of this canto holds some of the most profoundly unexpected and gorgeous bits of all of paradiso This is an unbelievable imaginative flight that Beatrice is about to take off on and not perhaps imaginative.
Perhaps Dante is actually advancing what she says as the truth and the truth could not be guessed.
