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Jiang presents Dante as explicitly operating under a divine mission, which is why he does not fear demons, death, or failing to finish the Divine Comedy.
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Fearlessness
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The pearl parable teaches that fearlessness and refusal to obey convention are what make a person wealthy and powerful.
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Jiang's second characteristic of messianic calling is absolute fearlessness: the chosen person believes God protects him, or that death makes him an elect martyr whose followers continue the mission.
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The hand-in-fire story shows Roman fearlessness as psychologically transmitted by prior examples like Brutus executing his sons.
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Jiang argues that a good life requires risk, exploration, and fearlessness not only toward death but also toward ridicule and social ostracism.
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Greg reads Jiang's continuity thesis as stronger once it explains why apparent civilizational or ethnic divisions disappear at elite levels: the shared ideology rewards fearlessness, extreme risk-taking, and indifference to ordinary judgment.
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"um exactly I I think I think that's what Dante would say but at the same time and he's explicit about this right he..."
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"Look, look, we're here to learn. We're here to live our best lives. And that means taking risks. That means exploration. That means trying..."
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"...get healed then great you know this this kind of raw fearlessness about taking extreme risk it's baked into the ideology that's why"
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"...like I I think I wish I had a little more fearlessness and just really going whole hog into my own things and I..."
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"how seductive this is right okay um okay so this one's a bit long so so i'll simply simplify it okay again it is..."
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"What matters is your fearlessness, okay? Just go do it, man. Seize it, and you'll become wealthy. That's what this world is about, okay?..."
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"...shout to the people fight fight fight okay it's just absolute fearlessness they know that God will always protect them but also even if..."
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"followers will complete the mission on their behalf so they've transcended death they've transcended this material world they are now ideas they are now..."
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"Okay? And by doing so with his devotion he's able to save Rome by himself. So Rome right now is surrounded by this huge..."
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"They look the same. Lucius doesn't know who's the king and who's the secretary. You know at this point an ordinary person would be..."
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"You kill me there'll be 99 more. Okay? We are not afraid of you. You say you will burn me if I do not..."
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"...a rifle and a grenade. He's not afraid of you. His fearlessness makes you afraid, okay? So even though, yes, in 21st century warfare,..."
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