Jiang says poetry is more effective than philosophy because philosophy remains debatable ideas while poetry enters the subconscious and becomes the building blocks of the psyche.
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Psyche
A source-grounded reading of Dante as a dangerous poem: poetry enters memory like a virus, Virgil appears as guide and trap, and hell becomes the world people choose when obedience replaces love.
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A source-grounded reading of Dante as a dangerous poem: poetry enters memory like a virus, Virgil appears as guide and trap, and hell becomes the world people choose when obedience replaces love.
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"...into your subconscious and they become the building blocks of your psyche. Okay. poetry is language. And, as we discussed, it was very common..."
"...first recognize the impact of Virgil and the Iniat on his psyche, on his culture, and then by recognizing this, defeat the Iniat in..."
"...stuff Orwell was doing. These are just baked into the human psyche. And so they repeat over and over because these guys are writing..."
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"...taxpayer. So Israel is decreasing in relevance in the American political psyche."
"...it gives you more insight into the human mind the human psyche right and that's what we've forgotten so what"
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