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Abandon every hope, but keep the context

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Dr Cristian Ispir
Aug 05, 2024
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Dante at the Gates of Hell by Rodger Kamenetz

There are two problems with the world’s most famous inscription. First, it is incomplete; second, it is out of context.

The inscription above the gates of Hell in the Infernal debut to Dante’s Divine Comedy is remembered through the ages, and is most popular in our age, but, as with many things popular today,…

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