Jiang's speculative formula for faith-as-imagination: the active power that projects and moves the universe.
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animating force of the universe
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"...is our imagination and it's the imagination that's the animating force of the universe so we've gotten from Paul which is just passive just..."
"...like everything is just consciousness. The imagination is the animating force of the universe. Okay? Remember this idea. The imagination or mind are what..."
"...so what I teach is this. The grand secret of the universe is love is the unifying force of the universe. Right? When you..."
"...how does he know that? Because we're all connected by the universe, okay? He's able to imagine the soul of Achilles. And he knows..."
"Love is the unifying force of the universe, the God force. The imagination is the animating force of the universe. And this is the..."
"...I'll kill you. But that's not what slavery is. If the universe is conscious, okay, our energy comes from our attention. Attention is energy...."
"...uh our imagination that's that's you know that's the animating force of the universe that's our it says our imagination that's a fundamental building"
"...to teach my students that the imagination is the animating force of the universe. And the future is what you imagine it to be...."
"...Homer is for Dante love is the unifying force of the universe remember that God is the force within us that enables us to..."
"...Okay? So, for Homer, love is the unifying force of the universe. But for Virgil, love is the force that creates conflict in the..."
Relevant Lectures And Readings
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The Divine Comedy does not defeat Virgil by denouncing him.
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