Virgil and Statius talk on new insights into the nature of divine reality and the limits Christian understanding.

A transitional canto, Virgil and Dante meet the soul of Statius. The two pilgrims have become three.

Dante speaks with another mourning soul and is led to lament the history that shaped his own life.

Dante has a second dream. It disturbs him as they make their way to the fourth terrace where souls mourn.

They talk more on love, and it's good and bad forms, before a crowd of rushing souls run up behind them.

The midpoint of the Divine Comedy is filled with thoughts on love, the exact midpoint with the word itself.

They are the terrace where blind rage becomes righteous anger. A discussion brings revisionary truths about free will and love.

Encountering another angel of light, Virgil explains a way of limitless growth in life. Dante is rapt.

Still with the reforming envious souls, Dante reflects on the degeneracy of a civilisation that's become avaricious.

The second terrace seems barren, though the generous sun is guide and they meet envious souls with eyes wired shut.