Jiang treats Francis's renunciation not just as self-denial but as an example meant to show others that spiritual enlightenment matters more than chasing money.
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Jiang moves the discussion from abstract definitions of art to concrete cases by asking students to name artworks that changed their lives.
Jiang treats His Dark Materials as a useful example of art that genuinely changes a person's worldview.
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"...spirit, and... spiritual enlightenment, rather than chasing money. He, as an example, he want to show the world that this is, Wait. There can..."
"...it brings greater happiness to you. So by being a good example, by being a good leader, he's creating more happiness in the world,..."
"...that has changed you okay just name it yes uh for example like the"
"you know the movie uh determine a terminator because you know the movie that is not a piece"
"of art by the way okay inception uh inception okay yeah boostly the movies boostly okay"
"yes i've actually read that so so i actually know this example okay but tell us why it's changed you"
"...like rather than just saying there might be, give me an example."
"I'm not sure I could pronounce the name, but for example, like in India, there are different types of poetry and holy scripture, and..."
"...not a course. Okay. It's not an academic program. There's, for example, an Open也 course by a professor on Dante in translation. You can..."
"...are doing this in order to better enforce Christian orthodoxy, for example. So that's the Dominicans. And then in Kindle 12, we will meet..."
"Well, because we would be ostracized by society. I mean, for example, there's also the philosopher, Diogenes, who lived in poverty."
"...like, materialistic goals, it kind of motivates you sometimes. So, for example, if there's, like, a test and my mom promises me, like, a..."
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