The student answer Jiang endorses is that Dante would keep loving regardless of return, which frames Dantean love as self-giving rather than transactional reciprocity.
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Self Giving
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Key Notes
Jiang defines love as something enacted and experienced rather than analytically explained, grounding it in unconditional self-giving like a mother's love for her child.
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"Yes. He's getting to know her and praise her and then write poetry for her. And if she rejects him, usually she wouldn't, I..."
"Crystal. My name is Crystal. And I was trying to make a similar point. Okay."
"desire which can cause love uh love is something you don't you don't explain something love is something that you do love is something..."
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