What is the term for Dantes idea of eternal punishment based on the sin of a person committed in life?

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JeffHeaton · Answer 1 · 2021-01-17T16:52:15+0000

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Contrapasso.

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Contrapasso is derived from the Latin words contra and patior, which mean "suffer the opposite." Contrapasso refers to the punishment of souls in the renaissance prose of Dante's Inferno.

What is the term for Dantes idea of eternal punishment based on the sin of a person committed in life?

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