OVERVIEW

Steve Boyer is a Professor of Theology in the Templeton Honors College at Eastern University.

Questions for Reflection 

• Pay particular attention to Virgil’s description of how love works in lines 19-39. Is all loving innocent? When does love become a moral issue?
• How does Virgil narrate the relationship between desire and reason in lines 57-72?
• What virtue counters the vice of sloth? In light of this virtue, is sloth something more morally and spiritually dangerous than laziness?