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1 timestamped hit 1 source reading 1 extracted note Newest source: 2026-06-17, day precision Aliases: timid-friend-of-truths, timid-friend-truth, timid-friend-truths, truth, truths

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timid friend of truth

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...taste too sharp, too harsh. Yet if I am a timid friend of truth, I fear that I may lose my life among those..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...taste too sharp, too harsh. Yet if I am a timid friend of truth, I fear that I may lose my life among those..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: Dante Against Obedience (2026-06-17, day precision).

Most connected source reading: Dante Against Obedience.

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Key Notes

timid friend of truth

Glossary

Dante's phrase for the temptation to soften or suppress harsh truth out of fear.

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Timestamped Evidence

Dante Against Obedience

2026-06-17, day precision · Dante Livestream #3 (Wednesday, June 17 10AM)

Transcript

"...taste too sharp, too harsh. Yet if I am a timid friend of truth, I fear that I may lose my life among those..."

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Relevant Lectures And Readings

Dante Against Obedience

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

Reading

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...

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