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The number one principle of the universe; the basis for Jiang's claim that slavery is chosen self-deception.
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Free will
The number one principle of the universe; the basis for Jiang's claim that slavery is chosen self-deception.
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Glossary
The condition that lets embodied beings disobey, make mistakes, and generate imagination for the universe.
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The Monad's greatest gift in Jiang's Dante model; it explains why evil can happen without divine interference.
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Humans solve the cosmic problem because embodiment gives them free will, pain, death, sin, risk, creativity, redemption, and self-forgiveness.
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No one can redeem a person from hell for them; redemption requires the person to choose self-forgiveness, love, and imaginative expansion.
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Hell's punishments mirror the sin and are designed to force reflection, because the damned choose to remain there until they want reform.
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Betrayal of chosen friends or guests is worse than betrayal of family because chosen bonds depend on free will and trust.
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Jiang says Dante's answer is free will: Cato chose purgatory through will, desire, self-reflection, and self-forgiveness, while Marcia did not.
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True love does not force another person toward redemption; forcing someone to self-reflect would violate love and free will.
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Politicians can be agents supported by secret societies while still having agency, free will, and the possibility of betraying patrons for a higher calling.
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God, as perfect love, generosity, forgiveness, and beauty, cannot require obedience as a condition for heaven because free will and reciprocity contradict each other.
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"...we can sin sin okay what allows us to sin is free will what's important to sin though is that you can now be..."
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"And then he's able to restore himself. All right? Okay, so there's two dynamics at work. When you love someone, when you do good,..."
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"...to engage in reflection because remember the universe is governed by free will so people are on hell not because they did something wrong..."
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"in the first circle of hell it's called limbo and limbo it's kind of nice okay it's like here but people live forever and..."
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"...and friends are the worst because these are bonds created by free will and trust and so you're destroying the person's capacity to trust..."
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"...Dante is different because what is the most important thing is free will. If you truly love someone, you let that person choose. You..."
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"I desired it. Therefore, God let me come. I was able to find the will and desire to self -reflect, to forgive myself, and..."
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"And it's hard for me to think clearly, objectively, because I know that whatever I say is to have an impact on global events...."
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"...at the same time, the agents have agency. The agents have free will. So, think of Napoleon and Julius Caesar. And they were obviously..."
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"Okay, so a lot of La Commedia, Divine Comedy, is dialogue, okay? There's a speaker and there's a listener. And this is an important..."
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"God will always give you free will. And free will and reciprocity are a contradiction, okay? If I make you do something in order..."
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"Okay. So two words that you will see a lot in Dante are will and desire. Okay? Will and desire. Because will and desire..."
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