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In Jiang's contrast, Virgil treats love as egoic domination and possession, while Dante treats love as giving.
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Giving
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...to possess the other person. Whereas for Dante, love is about giving. Okay. And this is very clear when we, when we reach paradise...."
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Jiang contrasts Dante by saying Dante would not call misguided sexual desire love at all but lust, because love is always good and means giving yourself for another's good.
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Jiang contrasts Dante and Beatrice with Virgil and Dido by saying Dante treats love as giving, sharing, and bestowal, whereas Virgil treats love as receiving, consuming, and controlling.
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"...to possess the other person. Whereas for Dante, love is about giving. Okay. And this is very clear when we, when we reach paradise...."
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"...sex with her that's not love that's lust okay love is giving yourself love is hoping the best for her right it's like how..."
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"stuck in limbo and why virgil's stuck in limbo and donnie's going to heaven that's the difference this is where they separate okay all..."
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"...Right? In the inferno Dante believes that love Is fundamentally about giving Whereas Virgil believes that love Is fundamentally about receiving And conquering Okay?..."
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A source-grounded reading of a long Dante seminar that starts with a student dreaming of a tree across water and ends by redefining Purgatory as democratic hope, free will, dangerous guidance, prayer for the...
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The lecture begins with Augustine's dusty human nature and ends with Virgil fleeing the proof that Dante's love is stronger than obedience.
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