Jiang says the mystical or esoteric view he is drawing on treats human beings as reflections of a God with both masculine and feminine dimensions, so Dante splits himself into those two poles.
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Reflection of God
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...this mysticism. What they believe is that we are a reflection of God. And God is always a dual nature. Both a masculine and..."
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"...this mysticism. What they believe is that we are a reflection of God. And God is always a dual nature. Both a masculine and..."
"...the punishment is and we understand that these punishments are reflection of god's perfect justice then what kind of people what did you do..."
"...Does that make sense? Okay? So, we are just a reflection of God in the universe. So, the way to appreciate God is that..."
"Okay, so here, the idea of love is just a reflection of God. Okay, remember, God breathed his life into Adam, and so we..."
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The seminar begins with line-by-line questions and expands into a larger claim: Dante matters because poetry trains imagination, vows turn hope into action, and faith, hope, and love stop meaning obedience and start meaning...
The lecture begins with Augustine's dusty human nature and ends with Virgil fleeing the proof that Dante's love is stronger than obedience.
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