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Jiang reads Dante's treatment of women as a subtle social critique of how the Catholic Church and society oppress women.
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Oppression
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Key Notes
diagnosis
The Grand Inquisitor argues that people do not want free will and that an oppressive church empire liberates weak people from the burden of free choice.
interpretation
Robespierre rejects sacred property because property can require oppression; society, not God, grants property and must limit it by others' rights and national existence.
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"Okay. So this is a social critique. Right? He's criticizing directly how women are oppressed in society by the Catholic Church. Does that make..."
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"Be. Happy. To. See. His. God. Instead. He. Gets. Really. Really. Angry. At. Jesus. Thou. Did. Not. Love. Them. At. All. Thou. Who. Did...."
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"It's. Because. People. Don't. Want. Free. Choice. People. Don't. Want. Free. Will. They. Only. Told. What. To. Do. And. You. Refuse. To. The. King...."
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"That. Takes. Strength. What. About. Those. Who. Cannot. Do. Such. A. Thing. How. About. The. Weak. How. About. The. Lost. Where. You. Condemn. Them...."
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"Last is 17. The right to property being invaluable and sacred no one ought to be deprived of it except in case of evident..."
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"There's a difference. Second the right to property like all other rights is limited by the obligation to regard the rights of others. So..."
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"...is leading to wars throughout Europe. It's also leading to massive oppression, massive censorship, the destruction of creativity in Europe. And this impels Dante..."
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"...a way that allows them to stay united against all this oppression. And that's why, over time, the religion became much more conservative, much..."
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"...enslave you, okay? So his is a religion of liberation from oppression, okay?"
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"...stab the great Satan to death, thus freeing his people from oppression, from persecution, from suffering. And by killing the great Satan, he will..."
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"...the master slave relationship um then history is a history of oppression and a struggle for liberation against this oppression okay and so the"
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"...it's really not driven by state policy. It's really driven by oppression and misery. What this means is that, because Russia is essentially a..."
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