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Jiang states a severe forecast that in the coming 50 years of chaos and war, 90 percent of humanity may be wiped out.
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Humanity
Jiang presents Harold Bloom's explanation of a great book as something that helps readers become human because its characters can hear themselves speak.
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To be human is to do battle with one's own heart and become wiser, gentler, more poetic, and more generous through recognized guilt.
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Jiang presents Harold Bloom's explanation of a great book as something that helps readers become human because its characters can hear themselves speak.
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A great book makes a reader fully human by revealing the secrets of the universe and the secrets of what it means to be human.
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The great books provide the secret of what it means to be truly and fully human.
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He says true history would help humanity better organize, better think, and better control its future.
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Jiang imagines the school as a Plato's Academy or Jedi Temple for training future intellectuals, writers, and historians who can help lead humanity forward.
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The final answer to why Freud's ideas became popular is that they serve the interests of the powerful, and the solution is to rediscover humanity by choosing to put others before the self.
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"...all this chaos and war, I would say 90 % of humanity will be wiped out. And a lot of these people will be..."
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"Okay, and so now the... And now this is a resolution, okay? This is the epiphany of Achilles. He recognizes his guilt. And now..."
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"allows you to think much more deeply into yourself, as well as more imaginatively understand the world around you. Okay? So now the question..."
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"What is a great book? What I want to show you in this class is that a great book is something that makes you..."
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"They are the secret of what it means to be human. They provide the secret of how to be truly, fully human. All right?..."
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"...history. And I think if we have true history, then we, humanity, the world, can better organize, can better think. Can better control our..."
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"...be the future intellectuals, the future writers, the future historians of humanity. And I hope that we together when we build this community will..."
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"...And the only solution moving forward is if we rediscover our humanity, if we are able to find the courage to care about others,..."
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"...today the only solution moving forward is if we rediscover our humanity if we are able to find the courage to care about others..."
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"It's a celebration of what it means to be human. Okay? So these paintings leave us with a fundamental question. All right? We can..."
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"Okay? He's in the air. You breathe. That's the power of culture. The man who will ultimately free Europe from the grasp of Augustine..."
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"All right? You are of God, but now you are free of God. You can do whatever you want. All right? So, that's one..."
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