What he understood about the Christian world was that you cannot live a perfect sin free life or sin free contemplation because we were all born sinners who sin everyday. ... " (Vaught, 21) His soul desired the sin. ... (Nino, 95) Augustine learns that God can conquer all sins. ... " (Bloom, 73) We do not know specifically what sins Dante experienced, but his story represents personal experiences of past sins and temptations. ... His personal sins are shown and represented throughout the poem. ...

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