Mark Scarbrough

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3,836 appearances 11 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 30 Aug

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Walking With Dante · Testing Theology With Optics: PARADISO, Canto II, Lines 85 - 105 · 30 Aug 2026 podcast

Hey there, this is Mark Scorbro and this is the podcast Walking with Dante, a podcast that is in the middle of Beatrice's explanation

for moon spots in Paradiso. podcast-host

Crazy. podcast-host

But here we are at Paradiso Kanto 2, lines 85 through 105. podcast-host

My English translation of this passage, you can find that on my website, markscarborough.com. podcast-host

You can read along there. podcast-host

And if you want to, you can drop a comment and we can continue talking about this baffling passage. podcast-host

If you remember, we've come out of a bit where Beatrice has taken apart the rationale for rare and dense. podcast-host

Material that Dante had advanced not only in comedy as The Pilgrim, but before in the convivio, in his unfinished work, The Banquet. podcast-host

Here, she's going to take on a subpoint to that argument about rare and dense stuff that we had last time. podcast-host

A sub-point that she invents but then takes apart in her own way. podcast-host

So without podcast-host

Any further ado, let's do Paradiso Canto two, lines eighty five through one hundred and five. podcast-host

Beatrice continued, if it's such that this rare stuff doesn't fully stretch through the moon, there must be an end point at which its dense opposite wouldn't let much light pass through. podcast-host

So a ray must bounce back from there just as color comes back from a glass that has lead hidden underneath. podcast-host

Now you'll say that the ray shows darker there than in other parts because it's reflected from farther back. podcast-host

When it comes to this objection, an experiment can set you free if you'll ever try it, since experimentation is the fountain for the rivers of all your arts. podcast-host

Take three mirrors and place two equidistant from you, so that the remaining one, more removed, can find your eye. podcast-host

From between the other two. podcast-host

Thus turned toward them, make a light behind you shine on the three mirrors so that it returns a reflection to you from all three. podcast-host

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