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2 timestamped hits 1 source reading 1 extracted note Newest source: 2026-06-17, day precision Aliases: assumption, assumptions, faith-as-assumptions, faith-assumption, faith-assumptions

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faith as assumption

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "mm -hmm so so Paul says faith is the evidence of things on seen okay so um to put this in very simple terms..."

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Topic Scope And Freshness

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "mm -hmm so so Paul says faith is the evidence of things on seen okay so um to put this in very simple terms..."

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

Most connected source reading: Dante Against Obedience.

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Key Notes

faith as assumption

Glossary

Jiang's usage for the unseen premises, such as God or consciousness, that must be trusted before reasoning can unfold. Jiang's late-lecture formula for faith as the basic premise from which the pursuit of highest hope and truth begins, unlike a revisable hypothesis.

Timestamped Evidence

Dante Against Obedience

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

Transcript

"mm -hmm so so Paul says faith is the evidence of things on seen okay so um to put this in very simple terms..."

Dante Against Obedience

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

Transcript

"...oh that's true that's true right the faith is is the assumption the the the thing from which everything must come right in order..."

Relevant Lectures And Readings

Dante Against Obedience

2026-06-17, day precision · glossary, 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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