The Nature of Humanity There are many differences between modern society and Dante’s perception Florence, Italy. These differences are caused by the passage of time. The society depicted in Dante’s Inferno is almost completely different than modern society, when taken at face value. The one factor that ties the two together is their inhabitation by Humans. The Human’s that inhabit both time periods have very similar ways of thinking, which is displayed …showed first 75 words of 644 total…

…showed last 75 words of 644 total…dwells within the depth of each and every human on the face of the earth. It is very unlikely that this has changed much, and even less likely, based on our societies growing acceptance of imperfection, that it will ever change. The only way to avoid the fate depicted in Dante’s Inferno is to have enough self control to fight the age-old evil that resided within every human on the face of the earth.