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1 timestamped hit 1 source reading 2 extracted notes Newest source: 2026-06-17, day precision Aliases: debate, debates, socratic-debates

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Socratic debate

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...you truly want to understand something, you need to engage in debate, right? Because this is the year 1321, and the idea is just..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...you truly want to understand something, you need to engage in debate, right? Because this is the year 1321, and the idea is just..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: Paradise Begins Where Logic Fails (2026-06-17, day precision).

Most connected source reading: Paradise Begins Where Logic Fails.

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Catholic ChurchObedienceUnderstanding

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Socratic debate

Glossary

Jiang's name for the open, error-permitting form of inquiry he opposes to simple church obedience and treats as the route to understanding.

Sources: Reading Transcript YouTube

Lecture interpretation on 2026-06-17 of Dante's 1321 poem.

model

Jiang interprets the poem as rejecting mere obedience to the Catholic Church or priest in favor of open Socratic debate as the path to understanding.

Sources: Reading Transcript YouTube

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Paradise Begins Where Logic Fails

2026-06-17, day precision · glossary, claims, semantic-ref

Reading

Jiang opens the Dante series by doing something deliberately strange: he starts with Paradise, rejects the clever but dead answer, and says imagination is the road to truth.

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