Understand it this way: After going to hell and enduring endless torture, you naturally lose all hope.

As for why it is said "Abandon all hope", this sentence is said to the ghosts entering hell, not to Dante. According to the introduction of "The Divine Comedy", Dante should be the first Two living people entering hell.

So, the words on the gate of hell cannot be said specifically for living people. Moreover, Dante’s entry into hell was authorized by God. In the end, he wanted to go to heaven to enjoy eternal blessings without losing hope. Therefore, he said This sentence is indeed said to those who are "going to hell".

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Dante Alighieri (Italian: Dante Alighieri, 1265-September 14, 1321), Italian medieval poet and founder of modern Italian , a pioneer in the European Renaissance, who left his name for future generations with his epic poem "The Divine Comedy". In Italy he is known as il Sommo Poeta (Supreme Poet) and il Poeta, the Father of the Italian language.

Dante is the greatest poet in Europe and one of the greatest writers in the world. Engels commented: “The end of the feudal Middle Ages and the beginning of the modern capitalist era were marked by a great figure. This figure was the Italian Dante. He was the last poet of the Middle Ages and at the same time a leader of the new era. the first poet".

Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio were the pioneers of the Renaissance and were known as the "Three Giants of the Renaissance" and also the "Three Heroes of Literature."

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