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Jiang states a reversal of greatness: the greater a person is, the more they suffer from hubris, which can only lead to tragedy.
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Jiang states a reversal of greatness: the greater a person is, the more they suffer from hubris, which can only lead to tragedy.
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Jiang says Freud then allies with the Frankists and radically changes how he interprets patients.
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The standard civilizational story has the categories reversed: Jiang claims the steppe peoples were open, curious, and innovative, while mature civilizations became closed, static, and unhappy.
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Jiang interprets later Freud as a myth-maker or priestly figure, unlike the early Freud who appeared scientific, nuanced, and balanced.
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Jiang argues Protestant capitalism reverses older morality: historically excess wealth meant selfishness, but now excess wealth means divine favor.
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The assassination proves the opposite of the conspirators' fear: Caesar could be killed only because he did not surround himself like a would-be king.
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Using Harari's formulation, Jiang says humans thought they domesticated wheat, but wheat in effect domesticated humans by making them do the labor of its survival.
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Jiang argues that once the U.S.-led force appears ready to strike Tehran, the war has already been won by Iran because the invasion has violated basic traditional military doctrine.
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"they are conceived the good affections are strengthened by pity indignation terror and sorrow and the exact calm is prolonged from the satiety of..."
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"You know what? That's a good question, okay? And the answer is, if you are an upper class woman, you're much more likely to..."
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"Okay, so today we are going to discuss civilization versus the steps, okay? Civilization versus the steps. The steps are the grasslands, and people..."
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"Only can you be, only if you are civilized, can you be truly be happy, okay? And wealthy. And we think that the steps..."
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"Why is it that they keep on losing out the steps people? And the answer is because your traditional understanding is completely wrong, okay?..."
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"All right. So Freud's saying this. We must thank women because without women there'd be no civilization. They give birth. They raise families. But..."
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"They had access to all this surplus wealth that Protestants weren't spending. On the other hand, it had the psychological effect of freeing the..."
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"impulse of acquisition in that it not only legalized it, but looked upon it as directly willed by God, okay? So before, it was..."
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"Okay? He could become king, but he chose to not become king because to become king would mean the death of the Republic. And..."
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"Right? Otherwise, Caesar would surround himself with party guards. Otherwise, Caesar would not make himself available to his enemies. So, upon the death of..."
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"is it was actually pretty stupid To transition from hunter -gatherer into farming Okay for a variety of reasons the first reason is that..."
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