1066. Continuation about those who constitute the province of the colon
Those spirits or souls, therefore, who thus rush to the destruction of the human race, have their own province, a place not far from hell, for there is nothing human in them. But any who do have anything human, such as a sense of justice-for the reason that they do not want people to consider them wild animals and tyrants-but who for bodily reasons still control themselves and moderate their rage, they are among those who are held within the wall, spoken of earlier [993]. Nor is there any compassion in them, either, but only love of self, which is still hatred of the human race. So they are also situated at various distances from hell, just as the colon starting from the small intestines is distant from the rectum.