Beatrice’s answer, as Jiang frames it, is that the celestial spheres are a metaphorical presentation for human minds: souls are all in the Empyrean, but appear in lower spheres as signs of relative blessedness.
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"...you here, not because this is their sphere, but as a sign for you that in the Empyrean their place is lowest."
"Okay. So this is a really important idea to keep in mind. Okay. This is a metaphorical representation of the heavens. Okay. In the..."
"Such signs are suited to your mind. Since from the senses only can it apprehend what then becomes fit for the intellect."
"...through here not because this is their sphere but as a sign for you that in the inferior their place is lowest so what..."
"...that and trusting to my belisarius my arms i found a sign for me to rest from war heaven's right hand so favored him..."
"...see who is worse let ghibellines pursue their undertakings beneath another sign for those who sever this sign and justice are bad followers okay..."
"...to make a deal with you or maybe just, you know, sign a contract or what? Okay. Okay, guys. All right. All right. So..."
"...it's entirely possible by this weekend, they'll come to and they'll sign an MOU. And you know what? I honestly would not be surprised..."
"...would agree to such a thing, okay? So yeah, they might sign an MOU, but the MOU, the MOU will not last. Len Deason..."
"...idea is you prioritize the military they become companies that then sign contracts with host nation states such as israel japan and germany okay..."
"...lunar Eclipse a solar Eclipse right when the moon covers the sign completely and the sun goes dark well if in fact there are..."
"...guided you so far along the stairs. If you observe the signs, the angel traced upon this man, my teacher said, you'll see plainly...."
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