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Jiang insists that judging great poetry cannot be reduced to simple exposure, preservation, or citation, and he pushes the class toward a deeper criterion of recognition.
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Preservation
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Jiang says poetic beauty is what saves the Divine Comedy from suppression, because if the work is beautiful and truthful it will be preserved.
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"Yeah, but so? We can read a lot of work, but how do we know what's great and what's not? If the world persists,..."
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"I think we'll just know if the work is great, we just know the work is great. Yeah, but how do we know? We..."
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"right okay and what's it greek for flourishing do you guys know what's it greek for flourishing eudaimonia anyway anyway anyway i went off..."
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"it's beautiful and truthful it will um be saved okay and so what saves it is the poetry the beauty of the words right..."
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"...these environmental NGOs. A leading conservation group called the Protection and Preservation of the Natural Environment in Albania. So, it's an NGO. And whenever..."
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"...say so. What is the purpose of any political association? The preservation and prosperity of its members? And what is the surest sign of..."
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"...be very cynical, that the best way for his own political preservation is to carry on doing what he's doing, which is settling all..."
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"...Why isn't the Anglo -American Empire... intent on its own self -preservation? And the answer is, because the people who control the Anglo -American..."
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"...radical statement. Second, the end of all political associations is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. And these rights are..."
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