The student's formula for how Dante reduces fear: by rendering the feared afterlife imaginable and narratable.
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unknown into a known
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"making the unknown unknown so like people are scared of hell they're scared of burning in hellfire and to be honest they don't really..."
"...francis was like okay also uh even though francis is widely known as a peacemaker uh during the crusades he did not speak up..."
"...valley, you are shown only those souls that unto fame are known. Because the mind of one who hears will not put doubt to..."
"um has not known jesus but um not knowing how she has acted in her own life i'm just assuming that she has not..."
"...kills him for killing Iphigenia, okay? So... Should... Could Agamemnon have known this? Could Agamemnon have predicted this? Probably, okay? So this is why..."
"...here by faith shall there be seen, not demonstrated, but directly known, even as the first truth that man believes. I answered, with the..."
"...Okay. Good. Right. Um, anyone else like, like, could he have known that one day we'd be reading this and discussing this in Beijing..."
"...the rays of the eternal life that sweetness which cannot be known unless it is experienced it would be gracious of you to let..."
"...they're all around us. And this is something that people have known for most of human history. It's just like our society, it's unique..."
"...from now, 100 years from now. Okay? So he is mainly known for his journalism. He is the greatest journalist of his generation, probably..."
"...and turns them into great works of literature. He is mainly known for his book, The Kingdom of Power, which is about the New..."
"...Because there are so many things to it that it's not known. So when you as a human, when you're able to combine the..."
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