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The Structure of Dante's Hell

There are nine circles of Hell in all. Limbo is sometimes assumed to be "Ante-Hell", but those in Limbo are damned nonetheless. The circles in order from Limbo down to Malebolge are:

1. Limbo
2. The Lustful
3. The Gluttonous
4. The Avaricious and the Prodigal
5. The Wrathful and the Sullen
6. Heretics
7. The Violent
8. The Fraudulent
9. The Treacherous

N.B. All of Dante's Hell can be categorized by the three following attributes:: Incontinence includes all wrong action due to the inadequate control of natural appetites or desires.; Brutishness or Bestiality is characteristic of morbid states in which what is naturally repulsive becomes attractive.; Malice or Vice consist of those evil actions which involve the abuse of the specifically human attribute of reason.

INCONTINENCE i. carnality

ii.gluttony

iii. avarice

iv. anger

VIOLENCE or
BRUTISHNESS v. violent i. against neighbor

ii. against self

iii. against God

FRAUD or MALICE vi. simple i. seducerers and panderers

ii. flatterers

iii. simonists

iv. diviners

v. peculators

vi. hypocrites

vii. thieves

viii. thieves

ix. sowers of dissension

x. forgers

vii. treacherous i. against kin

ii. against country

iii. against hospitality

iv. against lords and benefactors

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INCONTINENCE	*i. carnality*
	*ii.gluttony*
	*iii. avarice*
	*iv. anger*

VIOLENCE or BRUTISHNESS	*v. violent*	i. against neighbor
		ii. against self
		iii. against God

FRAUD or MALICE	*vi. simple*	i. seducerers and panderers
		ii. flatterers
		iii. simonists
		iv. diviners
		v. peculators
		vi. hypocrites
		vii. thieves
		viii. thieves
		ix. sowers of dissension
		x. forgers

	*vii. treacherous*	i. against kin
		ii. against country
		iii. against hospitality
		iv. against lords and benefactors