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Jiang anchors Dante's claim in Genesis by saying Adam is crafted from dust and then brought to life only when God breathes into him.
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Okay. Why are we different from animals and trees? We have a soul. Excuse me? We have a soul. How do we know we..."
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Jiang's Virgil-Augustine framework says the soul is a divine spark but the body is dust, so human beings are naturally drawn toward the seven deadly sins.
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"Okay. Why are we different from animals and trees? We have a soul. Excuse me? We have a soul. How do we know we..."
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"...true. The problem though is that our bodies are made from dust."
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"Okay? Dust. And as a result, because we are dust, we strive for dirty things, such as lust, pride, gluttony, sloth, seven deadly sins,..."
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"...one who suddenly has seen something before him and then marveling dust and does not believe saying it is is not so did sordello..."
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"...would learn some more from him before one of the others dust him in"
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"...to ashes. And when he lay undone upon the ground, the dust of him collected by itself and instantly returned to what it was...."
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"...warmer currents, it strikes against the forest without let. Clouds of dust before it and puts to flight both animals and shepherds. He freed..."
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"...made out of flesh. And Adam is made out of like dust. And Adam was created as the first human. So he and he..."
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"okay keep on going and as the soul within your dust is shared by different organs each most suited to a different potency so..."
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The lecture begins with Augustine's dusty human nature and ends with Virgil fleeing the proof that Dante's love is stronger than obedience.
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