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Jiang says Dante's answer to rampant evil in the Catholic Church is not miraculous intervention but the composition of the Divine Comedy as a public act of witness.
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Jiang says Achilles' speech is not merely private grievance; it is also an attempt to win sympathy from the other Greeks and establish his own self-understanding.
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Jay asks whether some historical truths may have consequences that outweigh publicizing them, especially when the issue is already socially dangerous.
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Jay frames his own public work as myth-making with truth rather than journalism, and says post-9/11 language about Islam made him worry about both disingenuous denial and backlash against innocent Muslims.
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"but we can talk about that after class if you want yeah okay um so we can go on for years about the contributions..."
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"tell the world right divine comedy that's why you 'rerehere that's why god elevated you even in your body it doesn't make sense okay..."
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"Like, this is a total hypothetical, I'll choose a different country, because I would get in trouble with YouTube, probably. But like, if we..."
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"Or even something like Masada, like I said, I think that is a myth that does incredible harm in the world, promoting that myth..."
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"Like, how important are these things? Do you think the consequences might outweigh you, I don't know, talking? Talking about a certain issue that..."
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"Yeah. Yeah, yeah. But But so but to push on that analogy, though, I mean, that was an instance where you thought the truth..."
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"I understand the myth making, I'm not a journalist, who are maybe trying to tell the truth. I'm a, I'm a, I'm a myth..."
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"I take a little bit. And now you're stealing that little bit from me as well. Okay? So why is Achilles saying this? Achilles..."
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The late cantos become Jiang's sharpest Dante claim so far: faith is not obedience but imagination that helps make truth real, hope is the arrogant wager that exile and persecution can still bear fruit,...
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Jay Shapiro does not let Jiang hide inside the viral avatar.
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A source-grounded reading of the Iliad as self-recognition: Achilles becomes a mirror for humiliation and pride, Homeric speech tries to control reality, and the ancient poet becomes prophet and teacher because truth is beautiful,...
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