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Jiang explicitly frames this as a deep Dante question, implying that the decisive difference between hell and purgatory lies in the soul's orientation rather than the external punishment.
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Orientation
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Students first suggest that exact geography matters because the mountain is the earthly place closest to heaven or because travelers need signs and orientation in a real climb.
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Jiang defines the deepest difference as orientation: turning toward God rather than away from God.
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Another student tries to shift the picture from divine surveillance to human orientation, asking whether the real agency lies in our watching God rather than God watching us.
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"so this is actually a really important question if you really understand Dante. Why are people in hell, and why are people in puritory?..."
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"Yes, okay. Dante has read a lot of Aristotle, and he would definitely agree on this idea. But that still doesn't clarify for me..."
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"writing the poem because he's gonna like teach all of these to the people uh yes you could know where"
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"about where mount purgatory is yes well you're hiking right so um try to memorize all the signs"
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"Okay. So the major difference between them and Dante is that they don't have these. So the major difference is, are you turning towards..."
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"Yes. Again, is it more our agency? Are we watching God rather than him watching us?"
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"...very aligned with reformed Jews in America. So they're very liberal orientation. And they see Netanyahu as really Satan, I mean. But these past..."
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"...I could tell, I've known to deal with actually, like an orientation, which would imply some kind of mutual, you know, enjoyment. It's like..."
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"...have different ethnicities, you have different political programs, you have different orientations, okay? And this is what will launch the Great Revolution. You have..."
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"...So it's a very interesting thing, because in some sense, the orientation of our psychology before was that the male's responsibility is to manage..."
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"...culture needs to have a attitude a perspective a worldview an orientation. For the Byzantines and the Europeans they chose Plato. But the Muslims..."
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