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3 timestamped hits 3 source readings 1 extracted note Newest source: 2026-06-17, day precision Aliases: determinisms

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Determinism

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "from us I think okay um this reminds me of an analogy I heard about God being a clockmaker and whether the clockmaker um..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "from us I think okay um this reminds me of an analogy I heard about God being a clockmaker and whether the clockmaker um..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: Dante Against Obedience (2026-06-17, day precision).

Most connected source readings: Dante Against Obedience; History Never Became Secular; The Test Is Not The Truth.

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Key Notes

Student interpretation offered on 2026-06-17.

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A student summarizes Jiang's contrast by saying Paul sounds passive and deterministic while Dante makes the reader an active agent inside truth and beauty.

Timestamped Evidence

Dante Against Obedience

2026-06-17, day precision · Dante Livestream #3 (Wednesday, June 17 10AM)

Transcript

"from us I think okay um this reminds me of an analogy I heard about God being a clockmaker and whether the clockmaker um..."

History Never Became Secular

2025-10-18, day precision · How to Predict the Future-The Pokepreet Podcast ft. Professor Jiang Xueqin

Transcript

"...like a critic and he says um your framework falls into determinism right like um It falls into the idea that this will happen..."

The Test Is Not The Truth

2014-07-14, day precision · Education in China (Sinica interview with Jiang Xueqin)

Transcript

"...that it's creepy. I think it's actually very cool. I fear determinism. Okay. Yeah. And of course, I work for that company and just..."

Relevant Lectures And Readings

Dante Against Obedience

2026-06-17, day precision · claims, semantic-ref

Reading

The seminar begins with line-by-line questions and expands into a larger claim: Dante matters because poetry trains imagination, vows turn hope into action, and faith, hope, and love stop meaning obedience and start meaning...

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