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Jiang says subtlety and paradox give the poem its power because the mind keeps working on what it has not fully discovered for decades.
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Subtlety
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Peter's placement outside the Empyrean is treated by Jiang as a cue to doubt some of Peter's authority and to keep questioning the Comedy's heavenly structure.
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Jiang says we can never fully know Dante's true theological beliefs because in Dante's period a person could be killed for heresy, forcing subtle and nuanced expression.
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"...so does your imagination. And what increases the imagination is the subtlety. The subtlety embedded within Divine Comedy, because you actually don't know what..."
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"...of Divine Comedy is. And it works because of paradox and subtlety. If it's too blatant, if it's too in your face, then your..."
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"...Question. A. Of. Things. He. Says. So. Again. There's. So. Much. Subtlety. There's. So. Much. Nuance. There's. So. Much. Paradox. Divine. Comedy. It. Forces...."
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"okay um that's a really good question and the answer is we'll never know because dante is running a time in history where you..."
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"...feels like a real person is the contradictions, the nuance, the subtlety cannot be created by you alone. You have to summon this person...."
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"...whom he squandered vineyards and tilled fields, while Abagliato showed such subtlety. But if you want to know who joins you so against the..."
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"...And if she still produces elephants and whales, whoever sees with subtlety holds her, for this to be more just and prudent. And where..."
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"...all very subtle. And there's a really important reason for the subtlety. How... So, do you guys know how people learned Divine Comedy or..."
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"...artwork. I think there's just so much depth and nuance and subtlety to Final Fantasy VII. And you know what? The people who devised..."
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"...a smart guy i i think he's capable of nuance and subtlety the fact that on the on this jewish question he refuses to..."
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"...he's such an eminent scholar, he, um, appreciates the nuance and subtlety to ideas. So I think that, um, what I would like to..."
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"...memorized. It's all designed to be read aloud. And there are subtlety and nuance in all poetry. And the reason why is think of..."
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