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The inheritance of honor and reputation Odysseus tells himself he can leave to his son by winning Troy.
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The inheritance of honor and reputation Odysseus tells himself he can leave to his son by winning Troy.
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The Aeneid turns the Iliad's Priam-Achilles reconciliation into a scene where the son of Achilles destroys his father's moral legacy.
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Jiang says this Odyssey legacy becomes the foundation of Greek civilization, which he calls humanity's greatest civilization.
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Odysseus mends the conflict in his soul by justifying Troy as justice for Menelaus, family restoration for Helen, and legacy-building for his son.
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Odysseus' refusal to lose the war shows that he still believes Troy is about justice, family, and legacy.
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He identifies himself first and foremost as a writer rather than a teacher and wants whatever he writes to stand the test of time and be read 100 years from now.
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Children give Jiang hope, energy, purpose, and a reason to build a teaching legacy even though he describes himself as extremely pessimistic about the world's direction.
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Elite schools stay famous because they maintain a diversified portfolio: mostly safe rich legacies and athletes, with a small risk slot for marginal high-upside applicants.
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Jiang frames the lecture around three problems: IVC distinctiveness, its decline after a 2600-1900 BCE peak, and its legacy for Western Civilization.
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"Okay, so Pyrrhus is a son of Achilles, okay? So this is a rewriting of the ending of the Iliad, where Priam and Achilles..."
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"At that, Priam, trapped in the grip of death, not holding back, not checking his words, his rage. You, he cries, you and your..."
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"...will be destroyed. He is saying that your father destroyed the legacy of your father. You've destroyed the friendship between us. Alright, keep on..."
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"With that and with all his might, the old man flings his spear. But too impotent now to pierce. It merely grazes Pyrrhus' brazen..."
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"...the most famous person in the world. And this story, this legacy, is what will become the foundation of Greek civilization, which is humanity's..."
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"But family. Okay? Now, third reason is legacy. Yes, he will not see his son, Timarchus, for 20 years. Therefore, he has to build..."
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"All right? And that is a complexity of the human soul. That is a complexity of our worldview, right? So he goes to Troy..."
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"...that this war is about justice, about family, about building a legacy for his son. So he refuses to lose this war."
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"So I will write a book. I am very efficient. When I set a goal, I go and do it. But I want to..."
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"so much when I read Jacob Frank I'm like I I understand how he thinks okay I'm not judging him okay he's an evil..."
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"the slant the over thesis has changed okay and I'm and I'm going over a lot of this information in order to build a..."
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"...class I am only putting this on YouTube to build a legacy for my children if it were not for my children I would..."
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