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History has a structure like a river current; eschatology is the attempt to read the pattern of human history the way astrology reads stars.
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History
Jiang says eschatology, geopolitics/economics, and history/hubris are distinct factors in war but often converge, and convergence across vectors is what makes prediction possible.
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Jiang says eschatology, geopolitics/economics, and history/hubris are distinct factors in war but often converge, and convergence across vectors is what makes prediction possible.
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Religion is defined here as a long-lost memory of the ancient past told through myths and stories, containing truth because it encodes historical and personal experience.
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The Aeneid inverts not only Homer but history itself to serve Rome's political purposes.
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Historical empires are vulnerable to borderland or smaller peoples because the underdog can exploit weaknesses that the empire does not see in itself.
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Jiang equates the universe's plan with mandate of heaven: events happen because the conscious universe has intention and design, and human beings participate in that design.
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A memorable act can change history by implanting itself throughout the universe for future generations; Homer draws such memories from the universe into the Iliad.
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Thucydides writes in a Homeric way because his characters give speeches, but unlike Homer he applies that mode to real people and real events.
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"The Gulf of Tonkin, which dragged them into the Vietnam conflict in the first place, was put across as an attack by American ships..."
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"Right. So Afghanistan happened right after 9 -11 when people rally around the flag. So there was a lot of popular support for an..."
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"Project습 number 42 and 0.3. What was that? There was not much of American commitment. It was in actual effort. And so so people..."
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"...all this works. First thing you need to understand is that history moves in a certain direction. All right. This is a question. Okay...."
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"...to read the river or try to read historical patterns in history and they create something called an eschatology. Okay. So think of the..."
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"So, I have one last question about the explanations of this war. Like, before we explained it in the middle in the religious perspectives,..."
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"...or hubris. All right? And what you need to recognize about history is that often all three things converge together. Okay? Because what is..."
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"...if I'm able to analyze an event using eschatology, geopolitics, and history, and they are aligned together, then I can make a pretty accurate..."
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"...the Aeneid is doing. It's inverting Homer, but it's also inverting history to serve the political purposes of Rome."
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"...the underdog that has the advantage. And we see this from history all the time. Okay? So when the Persians in about 490 B.C...."
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"has instructed them, Priam and Achilles must meet, therefore you must make it possible for them to meet. So then, you know, the guard..."
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"...explain that? Okay? There are all these things that happened in history, and these people come out of nowhere, and like, wait a minute,..."
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A source-grounded reading of the Iliad as self-recognition: Achilles becomes a mirror for humiliation and pride, Homeric speech tries to control reality, and the ancient poet becomes prophet and teacher because truth is beautiful,...
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