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Dante Alighieri

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Born c. 1265 in Florence · Died 1321 in Ravenna

writer, poet · Republic of Florence · associated with Dolce Stil Novo

Notable works: The Divine Comedy, Convivio, De Monarchia, Vita Nuova

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The Divine Comedy

From Project Gutenberg e-text #8800 (public domain in the USA).

Call to mind from whence we sprang: Ye were not form’d to live the life of brutes But virtue to pursue and knowledge high.

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“All hope abandon ye who enter here.”

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Inferno

From Project Gutenberg e-text #1004 (public domain in the USA).

Through me the way is to the city dolent; Through me the way is to eternal dole; Through me the way among the people lost.

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Justice incited my sublime Creator; Created me divine Omnipotence, The highest Wisdom and the primal Love.

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