Jiang says the Iliad makes even observers such as Nestor alive, so main and supporting figures alike have real emotions, feelings, and experiences.
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Jiang says the Iliad makes even observers such as Nestor alive, so main and supporting figures alike have real emotions, feelings, and experiences.
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"...two main characters have a life of their own, but the observers have a life of their own as well. So in the Iliad,..."
"...on my capacity to make accurate predictions. I'm no longer an observer. I'm a player. Okay. And I also get a lot of influence..."
"...is from Kant. And Kant says that rather being a passive observer of the world, meaning that we just absorb experiences and turn them..."
"...he tells us is this. Traditionally, we've understood ourselves as passive observers of reality. Okay? This thing is before us. We stand before it..."
"...So what's important to understand is that we're not just passive observers of reality. We're active participants in reality. That's why Kant teaches us...."
"...lived, because he introduced us the idea that we are not observers of reality, we are participants in reality, all right? So let me..."
"...function collapses for him, but it does not collapse for the observer and for anyone else."
"...you. It's happening to someone else. It's like you become an observer in a movie, okay?"
"...these stained glass windows, the effect that is created in the observer is blinding and awesome. Remember, these are windows and they're high up..."
"...does is it forces you to investigate it forces you the observer to observe the details in order to make the decision about a..."
"...of the faces da vinci was first and foremost an astute observer of emotions okay how emotions are expressed through the face through body..."
"...we continue please keep in mind that Ibn Fadin is an observer. He doesn't speak the language. He doesn't know culture. So he doesn't..."
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