Glossary
A Dante term Jiang equates with happiness grounded in connection to God rather than mere mood.
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gladness
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...an unrelated question, but like in the last sentence, the word gladness, I think that it actually appears in many contos, but we haven't..."
Key Notes
definition
Jiang defines happiness or gladness as one's connection to God and says greater connection produces greater gladness.
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Aurelia agrees that the passage's language of desire and gladness makes it feel as if it is moving toward a climax.
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"...an unrelated question, but like in the last sentence, the word gladness, I think that it actually appears in many contos, but we haven't..."
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"Right. The closer your connection to God, the more glad you are."
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"...maybe i mean it's she's he's talking about desire right there's gladness like it feels very like that's kind of what he's talking about"
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"...Though I was close to her and in the world of gladness."
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"All right. So this is a really good question. Okay. So gladness is happiness. Happiness comes from your connection to God. And what's really..."
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"...entered by way of hearing and of sight. Oh, joy. Oh, gladness words can never speak. Oh, life perfected by both love and peace...."
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"...who saw what my desire was, her smile had so much gladness that within her face there seemed to be God's joy, began the..."
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"...song and flame that answered flame of light with light of gladness and benevolence in some same in one same instant with one will..."
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"...man to whom our Lord bequeathed the keys of this astonishing gladness. The keys he bore to earth do test this man concerning the..."
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"...whom my need could not be hidden turned to me. Her gladness matched her loveliness. Direct your mind to God in gratefulness, she said...."
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"...its source the power mingled with the sphere shines forth as gladness through the living pupil shine from this and not from matter rare..."
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