Abandoning All Hope | Heaven and Hell 

Judas got 30 pieces of silver. Whoops. Ulysses is the Roman version of Odysseus' name, similar to Mars/Ares or Neptune/Poseidon.

Dante literally wrote biblical self-insert fan fic and it’s one of the most important pieces of literature in history

So they started counting Hell circles from 0, damn, Lucifer was a Computer programmer.

Dante: "These poor Ethiopians, who have never even heard of Jesus!" Ethiopia, second oldest Christian nation on Earth after Armenia: "Am I a joke to you?"

"The city of Dis. Dis is the city of hell, and dis is a ferret, and dis is another ferret." Beautiful.

This was interesting as hell!

Dante visited the suicide forest before it was cool

Imagine writing a fanfiction so popular that the language it was written in became the Lingua Franca of the Italian Peninsula. He technically didn't write it in Italian; he wrote in in Tuscan. After Italy became a country, they chose Tuscan, Dante's language, as the official language of their nation, and it spread from there.

The most impressive thing about his work, or at least to me, is that it's ALL in a fixed rhyme scheme, and every single verse is made up of 11 syllables. Its truly impressive to stay consistent for 3 books

Imagine being the neighbor and seeing what he's doing with no context.

Saint Bernard: It really do be like that sometime

As a computing professional, I am thrilled to find out that hell has a 0th circle. Now we can do math with the circles of hell!

when ur 5th circle of hell is literal heaven for vikings

I should write a novel about CGP Grey guiding Knowing Better through the 9 circles of demonetization.

Fun fact: a possible translation for Cerberus is "spotted" Hades named his dog Spot.

when a fanfic is so good, it becomes canon

I remember when I was 6, I used to believe that Limbo was just like those Canadian tire waiting rooms, filled with people reading magazines or newspapers for a long bloody time

A video steeped in symbolism with Tetris music for Purgatory? Yeah, alright.

Basically Dante’s inferno is the most influential fanfic of all time.

Dante liked the number 9 because he understood how Hebrew numbers work. 3 and 7 are considered to be the perfect numbers in Hebrew, as both consist of a beginning, a middle, and an end. 9 is like a perfect multiple of 3, given that it is three 3s put together, thus having a beginning a middle and an end. That's why Dante used 9. On another note, the number 6 is considered evil, because it doesn't have a middle, but it made up of two 3s or perfect numbers. The reason 666 is used to describe Satan is that it is 3 of these evil numbers put together, thus symbolizing that he is perfect in his evil-ness. Kind of crazy when you get to know what all the numbers represent. Symbolism is a big deal in ancient Judaism and Christianity.

“I don’t actually know what sleet is.” -Hawaii Man

I've got a strong feeling the second level of hell is Florida

Man that makeup looks uncomfortable. Way to suffer for your craft man!

“Dis is two ferrets” Dis is why I subscribed.

It's worth pointing out that every, and I mean EVERY, single line of text in the Divine Comedy has a second, third and fourth hidden meaning and message to it. All of that while also following a perfect rhyme scheme. So proud of my boy Dante (or Durante).

A self inset fan-fic about a guy who gets noticed by sempai and goes on a quest to find his waifu

When you said picture hell I thought of the Minecraft Nether

"The second circle of Hell is where the fun begins." - Knowing Better; March 24, 2019

Brutus: “I will be remembered along with my friend Cassius as the last of the virtuous Romans” Dante: puts both Cassius and Brutus in the centre most place of hell while Satan chews on them for eternity

Literally no one: Knowing Better: *Satan face*

"Abandon all hope ye who enter here" should be this planet's official tagline.

Knowing Better: The River Styx is probably the only river from Greek mythology you know Me who's favorite book is House of Hades: I possess a knowledge greater than most

I literally had to read this book over the summer before my freshman year of high school! When my teacher told me it was a college level book on the first day of class, I literally wanted to riot! As an adult, I'm actually thankful I read it because now I... know better 😉

Ah yes, to symbolize heavenly beauty you use Riley Reid, an exemplary Christian who definitely wouldn’t get stuck on Venus.

Is that the Tetris theme in the Purgatory section?

2:50 I am now imagining CGP guiding you through hell, the way the quartermaster explained piracy in his recent video.

Fun fact, a Jewish person a little after Dante made his own version of hell, and in that version Jesus Christ is forever boiling in a vat of shit for falsely claiming to be the Messiah.

Excommunication: “We’ve decided that you’re not going to Heaven, and we’ve told God about our decision.” 🧐 Accurate

Yes, because the Tetris theme is the most demonic song fitted for hell and purgatory

Honestly Dante's Heaven is way more interesting then his Hell. I'd like a movie about that: journeying through space, seeing historical and mythical figures. Sounds awesome.

this entire time I was thinking about someone just speedrunning from the circles of hell to the layers of heaven, doing tasks and running through punishments

18:00 “Thots can still be sinful.” -Knowing Better 2019

Minor correction: Ali wasn't the Prophet Muhammad's son, he was his cousin/son-in-law.

Now I can stop nagging myself to read Dante. This was masterful, you laid it all out and it was as if I had a private tutor. Thanks heaps.

Everyone: Halo references! Me: Is no one going to mention that subtle reference to Hbomberguy at 8:55?

Strictly speaking, when Dante wrote the DC Italian did not really exist. He wrote the DC using the language spoken in Florence. His work helped establishing Tuscan as the national language of Italy, and it was formally adopted when Italy was unified in 1861.

Knowing Better, Overly Sarcastic Productions, and CGP Grey. The Holy Trinity of social studies

I love your subtle references to classic videos across time on RU-vid. "Dang, that is a sweet Earth you might say...."

Don't forget Dante's poem is literally the birth of the current Italian language. When Italy was born they needed a collective language

“Wood of the suicides” *Wait a minute*

When the demon is SUD!? 13:32

I’m halfway through this video and I’ve been listening via a Bluetooth headset. I had a good laugh out loud when i opened up RU-vid to see knowing better masked as satan. You’re a good man.

Hell for me would be being forced to watch Ricegum for eternity

CORRECTION: The Comedy was not written in 1300, it is set in 1300. Dante started writing it in 1308 and finished it in 1320...

I have learned more about my faith in God and His handiwork on earth from “ Knowing Better” than any other videos. Thank you.

28:10 Ethiopia has one of the oldest Christian traditions in the world, longer than most of Europe

Knowing Better, the Lustful are not “Blown over.” The wind actually blows them off of their feet and they “fly” with the wind. Also, the gluttonous don’t eat the slush....Cerberus did. They’re just kinda forced to lay down in the stinky mud while Cerberus claws and nips at them. The first bolgia is for panders and seducers, you got that part right, you just mixed up the punishment. You see, the bolgia are like moats connected by bridges...Dante and Virgil have to go to the midpoint of the bridge to view the punishment. What they see is two files of sinners, one file coming toward them and the other running in the way they’re facing. As they walk, they are being lashed by horned demons (in ancient times, people believed that if you cheated, you grew horns on your head.) As they goaded others in life, they are now being goaded in death. Finally, remember that Lucifer is a perversion, a mockery of all God is. The three faces on one body mimic the Trinity, but are actually the polar opposites of the qualities described on the Gates of Hell (Divine Omnipotence-Extreme Helplessness, Supreme Intelligence-Deepest Ignorance, First Love-Ultimate Hatred.) A few minor things...all the dead in Hell have knowledge of the far future on Earth (one of the gluttons proved this when he gave Dante a prophecy), but they don’t know anything of present time. A soul actually believed his son was dead because of Dante’s confusion about the topic. Medusa did not appear to Dante, but three furies called for her. In the fifth circle, there is another group of sinners under the Styx’s mud, the sullen, or the people who internalized their anger. As they choked on their anger in life, now they choke on the black mud of the Styx. Last two things....what Dante calls “art” is really human industry.. The argument is that humans, by their nature, work for God...all they do is to exalt God. Therefore, their labor is dedicated to God, in a way. However, moneylending is not proper....with moneylending there is no labor involved...thus, it’s sinful. Also, the sinners in the third region of Cocytus aren’t on top of the ice (the poet is clear that the wind freezes things pretty quickly.) Rather, they are lying supine with their faces up. Since they’re eternally weeping, the wind freezes their tears and makes it look like they have crystal visors on. One last thing, the last zone in Hell is not for those traitorous to God specifically, but just traitorous to their lords.

28:10 Ethiopians actually have had a strong Christian tradition for centuries that evolved separately from European Christianity. They even tried to leverage it against European colonizers when they began to carve up Africa. Also, they have really cool churches that have been entirely cut from stone.

I cannot stop watching these videos. The sheer effort that goes into the research, production and characters is astounding. The costumes in this one had me laughing so much. Bloody brilliant!

I just found this channel recently and you have become my favorite content creater. Watch/listen all the time now. Keep up the great work!

I was not expecting him to put on red face paint and go all out omg. I love his commitment, I think it’s great. By the way, your videos are amazing.

I love that the theme song of purgatory is a slow rendition of Tetris. Very apt, kudos.

I really enjoy how you dress up and when you get symbolize different parts of the story. It makes it so engaging to watch.

who else was not ready for that conversation

One thing I should point out. Dante did NOT write this book in Italian. At this point, Latin had broken up into differing dialects that were spoken throughout Italy, and the Divine Comedy was written in the Florentine dialect. He did so in order that people in Florence who didn't know Latin could read his work. However, the poem was so popular that it was copied and spread throughout the Italian peninsula and people far from Florence learned this dialect to read this work. When Dante wrote the Divine Comedy, the language he was writing wasn't Italian, but as a result of him, it BECAME Italian. That's why Italians call Dante the "father of the Italian language."

Did Dante ever say to Beatrice: I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with LIGHT!!!!

I'm pretty late to this party, but: how do you not have at least a million subscribers? Your content is original, well thought out and delivered, and features surprise ferrets. You've certainly gained a new subscriber here, keep it up!

getting in full satan cosplay to set the mood for your vid is true dedication to making good content.

Overly Sarcastic Productions did a 3 part series summarizing the Divine Comedy, if you guys are interested

Anybody else notice that when he started talking about purgatory the music in the background was just the Tetris theme

Man, the cosplays in each level keeps me interested. Good job!

DAMN YOU! It took me ages to identify the harp cover of the Tetris theme playing in the background during the Purgatorio.

28:12 actually, Ethiopia is a predominantly Christian nation and was one of the first countries to adopt Christianity.

23:23 “Is there an acceptable decibel level?” IM CRYING

Yet another masterpiece from Knowing Better! Can't get enough of your channel, man! Love it!

People talking about Inferno: People talking about CastleVania: "Why is there always random Greek stuff?" Games = Art, proven.

"Is there an acceptable decibell level or something" *D E A D* 😂

Ferret *gets picked up* KB: Dis is a ferret Ferret: ...hes on drugs again... -_-

the moral of the story no matter how good or bad you are theres a extreme high chance that afterlife is much more hostile then this dirt world can ever be

Those wondering, some of the first mentions of purgatory come from the testimony of early saints and martyrs. Perpetua, who is one of the early martyrs killed in Rome, described several visions from God. Purgatory can be reasoned from two of them. One is of her brother (who had died), struggling to reach the waters of a fountain (understood to be heaven). She had the overwhelming urge to pray for him, and the next vision she had was him drinking/bathing in the fountain. Since it is believed these are true visions, we can intuit her brother was not in heaven (as he was pained in the first vision), but not in hell (as he was eventually able to reach heaven).

Tetris is purgatory confirmed EDIT:The effort you put into the costumes just shows commitment

Our Lord and Savior has descended from heaven bringing a 30 min video with him

Really love the ambience the background music makes for this awesome video!!

Im so glad you came up in my recommendations yesterday. I think the algorithm is finally recommending stuff I want to watch, it only took 7 years on this account lol

This video: exists Me, an italian: *heavy breath*

That's kind of a stretch to say it's entirely possible Dante inspired Martin Luther. Disgust with the Church's hypocrisy was well established and often recorded prior to Dante. John Wycliffe was likely a much bigger influence on Martin Luther than Dante.

This channel is a great example of why youtube is of the same quality as/and is better than t.v. Good stuff bud

Man, you are so creative! Keep up the good job!

Very good job! The Divine Comedy is the book I studied the most in my life, for over 20 years every day, it is extremely complicated, and it is not easy to find a summary as well done as yours in English. There are some minor imprecisions though, let's name just a few: - Minos circles his tail around himself, not around the soul of the damned, in order to indicate where the convicted has to be incarcerated. - Pier delle Vigne, among suicides, is not a Florentine, he was from Capua (Naples) and was accused of having betrayed Frederick the Second Emperor, probably the most influential political figure of all Middle Ages. - Ulysses is burning together with Diomedes. - In Purgatory, among choleric souls, Dante speaks to the Venetian Marco Lombardo, pretty interesting, and in the sloth terrace to Gherardo II, abbot of San Zeno, who blames the costume of nepotism. - Virgil cannot, but Statius provides the solution to the riddle of how a soul can starve, and it is one of the most delusional and magnificent passages of the whole book. - A deeper respect for the figure of Beatrice is due, I am sorry. Ok, I do not want to be too pedantic. Thank you for the excellent piece.

Riley Reid is the fallen angel of chastity. 😏

thank you for mentioning the fart joke. First time I've watched someone go over the Inferno and include it. Effective enough that even my high school lit class was entertained when we read it. Farts are always funny, it seems.

Was not expecting the transition at 2:30. 😈 Bravo! 👏👏👏

--50---shades--of--gray nope 37 layer of Dante comedy yes

My inner 10 year old on Albinoblacksheep told me to let you know he appreciated that End of Ze World reference.

We needed this video

This is probably your best video

I love your sense of humor, and quick but insightful story telling. It's content just ripe for consuming.

hold up is that the tetris theme song played in piano in the background @ 20:11

Excellent content. You sir, have earned a loyal subscriber.

Thanks this helped so much for my TP exam