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Jiang's name for the Iliad's conflict as competing attempts to impose will, first between Agamemnon and Achilles and then between Achilles and Patroclus.
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war of wills
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...win the game. So it's possible that this US -China trade war will end up collapsing both nations. But that's not the point. The..."
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"...Iliad today. Alright, so remember that the Iliad, it's a war of wills. So the epic starts with the battle between Agamemnon and Achilles...."
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"...fight, but maybe you can fight for us. And maybe that will save the day. Now, Patroclus is very. Very excited, okay, because he's..."
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"...win the game. So it's possible that this US -China trade war will end up collapsing both nations. But that's not the point. The..."
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"...modifications, and Trump said no, okay? So it seems like the war will only increase in the Middle East. After Iran had responded, China..."
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"...long -term war of attrition. And I don't think that this war will end anytime soon."
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"...between iran and united states but most analysts expect that this war will resume in a week two weeks a month but it was..."
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"And this is what the Americans will deploy in Iran over the next few months. Now, why haven't they done this before? Well, because..."
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"...and you have some continual airstrikes, but the tempo of the war will be not as high as before. And the reason why is..."
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"...and you have some air strikes, but the tempo of the war will be not as high as before. The reason why is that..."
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"and and i think that what this means is how this war will play out uh in iran is that using iran as a..."
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"Right. So what will happen is that this war will be drawn out. Right. So the Americans will behave much more strategically, much more..."
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"...We don't know yet. It is entirely possible that the Iranians will go to Islamabad and it's entirely possible that they will negotiate a..."
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