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Self Mastery

Jiang contrasts Dostoevsky with modern literature: Dostoevsky's psychology responds to external events and requires surrender to others, while modern literature promises self-discovery, self-mastery, and self-redemption.

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Comparative literary model in the 2025-06-04 lecture.

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Jiang contrasts Dostoevsky with modern literature: Dostoevsky's psychology responds to external events and requires surrender to others, while modern literature promises self-discovery, self-mastery, and self-redemption.

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Kill The Cult Of The Self

2025-06-04, day precision · Civilization #57: How Modernism Ruined Everything

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"...When we get to modern literature, self -discovery will allow for self -mastery. Okay. Our psychology responds to suppressed memories. We can be our..."

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