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The Aristotelian golden mean analogy is acknowledged by Jiang as relevant but insufficient on its own to explain why the same apparent suffering can produce redemption in one case and not the other.
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Aristotle
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...something that'll get you into heaven, is the two extremes that Aristotle would see would be cowardice, but then also recklessness. Yes. And those..."
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The student frames lust as mismeasured desire toward an otherwise proper reproductive telos, while homosexuality is presented as missing the reproductive telos altogether.
definition
Jiang says Dante would know Aristotelian telos but diverges from Aristotle by treating true purpose as something to be discovered inwardly rather than simply assigned by society's expectations.
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Jiang says the distance between Aristotle and paradise is not lack of intelligence but lack of faith.
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Jiang says pity in Inferno is part of catharsis: by seeing oneself in tragic figures, the reader or pilgrim purges fear, pride, and anger.
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He claims Philip II and Aristotle were childhood best friends and reads that as evidence of a long Macedonian plan: Philip absorbs Greek military innovation while Aristotle absorbs Greek intellectual innovation.
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He frames Aristotle’s philosophy as empire knowledge: material cause-and-effect plus telos makes individuals work hard and produce energy for empire.
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He contrasts Plato as rationalist/mind-over-matter with Aristotle as empiricist/matter-focused, then says empires including British and American empire adopt Aristotle’s orientation.
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"...something that'll get you into heaven, is the two extremes that Aristotle would see would be cowardice, but then also recklessness. Yes. And those..."
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"Yes, okay. Dante has read a lot of Aristotle, and he would definitely agree on this idea. But that still doesn't clarify for me..."
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"telios like have you just i missed yesterday afternoon so did you discuss the telios like everything has a specific purpose in life and..."
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"not a act of lust and it's not a act of lust and it's not a act of lust and it's not a act..."
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"build aristotle and that's a very interesting analysis at this time aristotle is very popular and dante would have known aristotle he would have..."
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"...so so that's that's the difference but but you absolutely right aristotle is very important at this state at this time in history all..."
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"...have been content those who desire eternally lamets i speak of aristotle and plato and many others what does"
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"...you can't prove it you can't reason it out plato and aristotle their problem was that they wanted to reason out you can't do..."
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"...pity this okay and it goes back to the idea of aristotle like why is it important to watch theater like why is it..."
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"...so to be honest with you, my understanding of Plato and Aristotle has changed over time. So I'm much more sympathetic towards Plato than..."
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"first comment is is that the greeks okay specifically aristotle um believe that um the dynamic between um oligarchy monarchy democracy um i mean..."
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"named Aristotle, who is a Macedonian, and like, this is something that you do not learn in history class, and it is such an..."
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