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A student's label for the way Jiang's argument enlarges a broken vow into symbolic betrayal of God himself.
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slippery slope
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "I think this is a pretty slippery slope to slide on. I think it's a... It's a, it's a slope, it's, it's, it's a,..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "I think this is a pretty slippery slope to slide on. I think it's a... It's a, it's a slope, it's, it's, it's a,..."
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A student identifies the logical danger in Jiang's reading as an inflationary move: once the vow stands for God himself, the offense grows larger and larger out of proportion to the original act.
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"I think this is a pretty slippery slope to slide on. I think it's a... It's a, it's a slope, it's, it's, it's a,..."
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"The other shade began. The sanctity of these slopes does not suffer anything that's without order or uncustomary. This place is free from every..."
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"...Who, wise in prayers devout, has set me free of that slope where one waits, and has freed me from circles underneath the circle...."
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"whom just now your kingdom caused its every slope to tremble as it freed him from itself."
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"...that make sense all right okay line 22 meanwhile along the slope crossing our road slightly ahead"
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"...now. I'm less weary than before. And you can see the slope now cast a shadow as long as it is day we'll make..."
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"...less worried than before. And you, and you can see the slope now has a shadow. Why is Dante less wary than before?"
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"...I'm asking you a question. What did Donnie see? Yes. The slope now casts a shadow. Yes. What did he see now? Well, people..."
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"...on these three sentences, right? What's he seeing now? That the slope is easier. This is so hard for you guys. Okay. He sees..."
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"...he sees here that makes him really, really happy. Yes. The slope cast a shadow. But what does he see?"
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"...I am less weary than before. And you can see the slope now casts a shadow."
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"...that's what makes him excited. Not Beatrice, not God, not the slope, not purgatory. He's like, screw all that. I want my shadow, man...."
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