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When challenged, Jiang narrows the language from happiness to complacency, implying that the key issue is habituated acceptance rather than overt contentment.
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Jiang distinguishes the historical geostatic model from spiritual union talk and asks instead how humans came to build a geocentric picture of the universe.
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Jiang says Beatrice is talking about the spiritual world rather than the visible world.
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Jiang corrects the student by saying humans themselves are not limited by time and space; only perception is.
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"but I mean like how could you assume that the slaves are happy about themselves in the first hand because I feel like generally..."
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"happy is a very strong word they're just complacent okay uh yes so I opened this can of worms and I"
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"and how did we become the center of the universe yes by becoming one with god who is the center of the universe no..."
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"our world though in the spiritual world she's referring to the spiritual world right but like"
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"understand because for us we are like human we are limited by the time and space right so"
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"uh we may no you're not your perception is limited by time and space yeah you are not"
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"...important that you raise your hand, challenge me, and ask for clarification. So we start off with the dawn of humanity. And this is..."
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"...a lot to take in. So, feel free to ask for clarification on any point. Okay? Are you okay with this? Sure. Well, Augustus..."
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"...So feel free to challenge me, feel free to ask for clarification. Feel free to ask any questions, okay? So here's my argument. Aristotle..."
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