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12 timestamped hits 8 source readings 1 extracted note Newest source: 2026-06-26, day precision Aliases: layer, layers, religion-as-causal-layers, religion-causal-layer, religion-causal-layers

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religion as causal layer

A source-grounded reading of a long Dante seminar that starts with a student dreaming of a tree across water and ends by redefining Purgatory as democratic hope, free will, dangerous guidance, prayer for the...

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A source-grounded reading of a long Dante seminar that starts with a student dreaming of a tree across water and ends by redefining Purgatory as democratic hope, free will, dangerous guidance, prayer for the...

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: The Tree, The Guide, And The Chosen Fire (2026-06-26, day precision).

Most connected source readings: The Tree, The Guide, And The Chosen Fire; Purgatory Begins By Washing Virgil Off; Question Peter, Leave Beatrice, Defeat Virgil.

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Myth Outruns Truth

2026-04-01, day precision · Professor Jiang on His Painful Personal Path | Truth and Myth | A Search for Reality | Internet Fame

Transcript

"a film with sam harris famously don't like what he's done with the conversation at all i think he's made massive mistakes i feel..."

Myth Outruns Truth

2026-04-01, day precision · Professor Jiang on His Painful Personal Path | Truth and Myth | A Search for Reality | Internet Fame

Transcript

"its own set of theocracies eschatologies religious beliefs it's a it's a complicated one i think it has unique features which i could talk..."

Dante Against Obedience

2026-06-17, day precision · Dante Livestream #3 (Wednesday, June 17 10AM)

Transcript

"...I try to uh read this uh text from on different layers so the fundamental layer for me is textualist layer I'm trying to..."

Relevant Lectures And Readings

The Tree, The Guide, And The Chosen Fire

2026-06-26, day precision · alias-match

Reading

A source-grounded reading of a long Dante seminar that starts with a student dreaming of a tree across water and ends by redefining Purgatory as democratic hope, free will, dangerous guidance, prayer for the...

Dante Against Obedience

2026-06-17, day precision · alias-match

Reading

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...

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