The Soothsayers in canto XX sound like fortune tellers. So I'm gonna base this entry off that assumption.
Fortune telling or looking into the future has been nothing new for humanity. For almost all humankind history, guessing what will occur has been a fascinating topic. Until the Dark Ages. During this time, I guess there wasn't any lightbulbs. LOL. Also there was a much too much influence by the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church had virtually slowed down humanities ascent towards enlightenment. For a millennium they've prevented us from doing anything to help us.
As we can see from Dante, almost everything can be punished in hell. No risks were taken.
How did Dante begin the Enlightenment?
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