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5 timestamped hits 1 source reading 2 extracted notes Aliases: pledges

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pledge

The love-bond or shared memory that in Homer joins spouses across distance, but in Virgil is subordinated to divine command.

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Literary comparison stated on 2026-03-25.

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Dido's appeal to the pledge sealed by right hands alludes to the Odyssey's bond between Odysseus and Penelope, where a shared memory keeps hearts joined across distance.

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The Poem That Makes a Robot

2026-03-25, day precision · Great Books #8: The Poetry of Empire

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"...shores. Can nothing hold you back? Not our love, not the pledge when sealed with our right hands. Not even the thought of ditto..."

The Poem That Makes a Robot

2026-03-25, day precision · Great Books #8: The Poetry of Empire

Transcript

"Okay, stop, okay, all right. So, this line, not the pledge when sealed with our right hands, this is an allusion, of course, to,..."

World War Trump and the Fortress Empire

2026-04-21, day precision · Game Theory #21: World War Trump

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"...resources over people in grandiose nation -building projects and self -congratulatory pledges to uphold Cloud Castle abstractions like the rule -based international order. These..."

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