Jiang insists that being mentioned by Virgil is not the same as being physically situated in limbo, purgatory, paradise, or hell.
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"No, no, no, no, no. I'm asking you where in the Divine Comedy is. If we're looking for Divine Comedy, where can we find..."
"Does, um, no, I'm saying physically. Like, where, where is he situated? Where, where does it say purgatory? Where, we see Julius Caesar in..."
"But what, Gerardo, is this whom you mention as an example of the banished people whose presence would reproach the savage age? Either your..."
"...huge sum i have so many of my concealer i can't mention an inch well i've even mentioned quantitative on how many months you..."
"about his traveling through the circles he doesn't mention dante or the mission he just said it's the power of heaven he said i..."
"...top, but there's also Ovid and Lucan, okay? And he does mention Ovid and Lucan in this canto. So you're right. Maybe he is..."
"...why we regard AI as alchemy, but obviously it has to mention a part of, but for me, I feel a little bit confused..."
"...he like does he like he hates virgil he's like don't mention marcia to me you"
"...yale um his mentor was harold bloom of course i didn't mention that um and he will come and talk to us about mcbeth..."
"...can think of that he's not there, other than when Virgil mentions him, is Dante cannot decide where to place him."
"...at the time. And so just like if he would just mention that homosexuality was fine, then his work would have been destroyed. Do..."
"...it would be far better if you had those whom I mention as your neighbors. And your boundaries at Galluzzo and Trespiano, than to..."
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