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The student uses simplicity to name the clarified, God-adjacent orientation that appears once Dante embraces destiny.
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simplicity
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Jiang says commentary on Dante does not settle the providence problem and instructs the class to look for elegant, simple explanations rather than increasingly ornate metaphysics.
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A student suggests that embracing destiny simplifies Dante's whole worldview, and that this simplicity feels close to both God and love.
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Jiang says Islam's simplicity can be a political weakness because directness limits maneuverability in a world ruled by duplicity and manipulation.
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"All we're doing is speculating, okay? Because, like, again, if you read all the commentary, the scholarship on Dante, no one knows what's going..."
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"...for what's going on. Okay? Let's move towards elegance, clarity, and simplicity. Let everyone understand. Yes?"
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"...came to mind on top of what we just discussed was simplicity. When Dante embraced his destiny to write divine comedy, it simplified his..."
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"Well, because we talked to the Frankists. What the Frankists will say is that this is a world of Satan. And so, to really..."
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"...let's let, let's use beautiful woman. Okay. For the sake of simplicity. Um, and what do you wanna, what do you wanna do now?"
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"...they're re -ascended when they had recovered their primitive purity and simplicity from that luminous region that the soul set forth when it journaled..."
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"...use abstract terms that are not accurate, but are useful for simplicity and clarity. Okay? So, you're right in that transnational capital also have..."
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"Because it's driving me crazy, the simplicity of it. I think, you know, it leads to fascism and all kinds of other ways. But..."
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"...wealth. A redistribution of wealth. Now, let's, for the sake of simplicity, say there are three classes, okay? You have the rich, you have..."
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"sake of simplicity okay understand this the world bank the job is to give you loans okay so let's say you are China and..."
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"...all this instability throughout the semester. But for the sake of simplicity, let's talk about America. Okay? What happens when you focus on finance..."
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"...say in Frank's stories there is a contempt for the silly simplicity of our world and he urged his followers to take advantage so..."
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