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In this Roman lesson, trusting the enemy is foolish because benevolence toward the Greek captive permits the horse to enter Troy and opens the city to slaughter.
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Enemy
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Okay, so again, this reminds us of the Iliad, where Priam the king of the Trojans is known for being a very generous, benevolent,..."
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Greatness does not come from defeating enemies but from forgiving them.
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Jiang says people escape secular left-right demonization by courageously reaching out to enemies in private conversation and recognizing each other's humanity.
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Jiang says Yeah. And so, like, you know, in Top Gun Maverick, the enemy was Iran, right? And if you look at Captain America, Brave New World, the...
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"Okay, so again, this reminds us of the Iliad, where Priam the king of the Trojans is known for being a very generous, benevolent,..."
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"And his first thought is, where is my king? How do I save my king? Okay so as the Greeks are ravaging the city..."
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"Yeah. Courage, man. Just reach out to your enemy and have a conversation. It's that simple. All right. Because like right now you're under..."
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"Empathy is what's going to save us. And that's it. I'm trying my best, but people love their echo chambers."
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"...majesty of priam okay greatness does not come from defeating your enemies it comes from forgiving your enemies all right this is an act..."
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"Yeah. And so, like, you know, in Top Gun Maverick, the enemy was Iran, right? And if you look at Captain America, Brave New..."
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Rome cannot burn Homer, because Homer already lives in memory.
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Sneako opens by telling Jiang that the predictions have started landing.
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The Iliad begins as a war of wills and ends as a metaphysics of love: memory is emotion, poetry is consciousness in motion, forgiveness defeats revenge, and forced perspective-switching becomes the big bang of...
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