My Odyssey

"...Non vogliate negar l'esperienza
di retro al sol, del mondo sanza gente.
Considerate la vostra semenza
fatti non foste a viver come bruti
ma per seguir virtute e conoscenza"

In Dante's Divine Comedy, that's what Ulysses - the hero of Homer's Odyssey - says to his friends before leaving. Those verses mean something like "we were not made to live like brutes but to follow virtues and knowledge". Useless saying I agree. The figure of Ulysses is the symbol of the pursuit of knowledge, one who tirelessly search for new ways and move constantly the targets of that unstoppable and metaphorical journey to what which is still unknown. Despite that, Dante placed Ulysses in hell: he thought that virtues and knowledge can only be put into practice by the divine law and the recognition of human limits.
Like Ulysses, I'm gonna leave for an epic travel, the biggest adventure of my life.
Like Ulysses, maybe I'll be designated to hell as well.
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