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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...instance where a truly wise man also had tremendous wealth? Maybe Solomon, okay? So, but I mean, there are examples. But historically, we've had..."
Jiang says history more often presents wealth and wisdom as opposed choices, with Solomon as a rare exception and Socrates as the classic image of wisdom without wealth.
After David dies, Solomon cannot hold the empire; Israel divides into the northern kingdom and Judah, then Assyria destroys the northern kingdom and Babylon destroys Judah.
"...instance where a truly wise man also had tremendous wealth? Maybe Solomon, okay? So, but I mean, there are examples. But historically, we've had..."
"But David is so charismatic that when he dies, his son Solomon is not able to hold the empire together. So what happens is..."
The seminar begins with line-by-line questions and expands into a larger claim: Dante matters because poetry trains imagination, vows turn hope into action, and faith, hope, and love stop meaning obedience and start meaning...
The Bible begins, in this lecture's argument, as political spin for David: a library of collective imagination that turns usurpation, murder, and fear of rivals into legitimacy, identity, and eventually literature.
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