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Jiang distinguishes Dante from obedience-centered theology by saying the key issue is whether humans are active participants in the world or passive beings who should mostly submit and avoid action.
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Jiang reads Kant as rejecting passive observation: humans are active participants who shape and form the reality before them.
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"Okay. So, let me answer your second question first. Okay? Okay. So, it's really a difference between how you perceive your role in the..."
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"Therefore, you should just obey, and if you obey and you avoid sin, that is the fastest path to heaven. Okay? Does that make..."
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"Okay? So what he tells us is this. Traditionally, we've understood ourselves as passive observers of reality. Okay? This thing is before us. We..."
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