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Jiang speculates that Cato killed himself rather than let Caesar humiliate him with clemency, which makes the act look proud and petty rather than spiritually noble.
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Honor
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...he committed suicide. But I would guess it's because of his honor for, um, whatever, um, the side that he served for, for Pompey."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...he committed suicide. But I would guess it's because of his honor for, um, whatever, um, the side that he served for, for Pompey."
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Bringing honor to family, school, and hometown is framed as a happiness pattern grounded in communal recognition, support, and validation.
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The quoted passage says Dante's exile companions are senseless and profane, that their own actions will condemn them, and that Dante's honor is safest when his party is only himself.
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Dido's social collapse is total in Jiang's reading: she has lost Aeneas, broken faith with her dead husband, lost public respect, and faces hostile neighboring warlords.
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Agamemnon demands Achilles' prize because Achilles made him lose face, and Agamemnon needs to make Achilles lose face in return to preserve respect among the other generals.
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In Jiang's reading of the Iliad's honor world, losing respect can mean getting killed, so Agamemnon's face-saving display of superiority is not merely vanity but survival logic.
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The Iliad's initiating crisis is not merely military but honor-based: Agamemnon takes Achilles' prize, Achilles refuses to fight, and the Greek army becomes vulnerable.
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Achilles permits Patroclus to fight only under conditions that direct honor back to Achilles, revealing that glory matters more to him than rescue alone.
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"...he committed suicide. But I would guess it's because of his honor for, um, whatever, um, the side that he served for, for Pompey."
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"I would guess maybe he committed suicide because his side was losing and Caesar was offering clemency to everyone. Right. And so what was..."
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"...Awards. And. In. Those. Competitions. In. My. Home. Town. And. Bring. Honor. To. My. Family. And. My. School. And. The. Whole. City. So. I...."
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"Great. Yeah. So. This. We. Will. This. Recognition. And. Validation. Right. You. Are. Recognized. For. Your. Achievements. And. You. Are. Validated. For. Them. Good...."
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"...acts, the proof will be in the effects, and thus your honor will be best kept if your party is yourself. Your first refuge..."
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"All right, so what he's saying is this. Ditto. If it were up to me, I wouldn't say it would be, I wouldn't say..."
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"And now she knows her people don't respect her anymore. And she knows that the neighboring warlords have contempt for her. And they might..."
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"Okay? The first and most important thing is that he's responding to Achilles. Okay? Achilles says, you have to give the girl back. And..."
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"In order to save face, I must now demand something from Achilles to show that I am his superior. Okay? He's so conscious of..."
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"is that if the girl belongs to a powerful family that family can choose to ransom her back and you have to give her..."
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"bad i'm king and so achilles says fine but i will never fight for you ever again i'm gonna let the trojans destroy you..."
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"the battlefield so he leads the trojans against the greeks and they're destroying the greeks they're at the point where sorry at the point..."
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