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Great Books #9: Dante (Re-Upload with Audio Fixed)

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In this Wednesday, April 8, 2026 lecture to his Beijing high school students, Professor Jiang introduces Dante's Divine Comedy. Notes and References: 1. Dante: https://digitaldante.columbia.edu/dante/divine-comedy/

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@christinaminty 2026-04-08

Does anyone else think his Great Books series is utterly underrated? Prof is all over the place now but media hit pieces only care about his prediction, while there are so many great nuanced and interesting materials they ignore.

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@Ganjil100 2026-04-08

“Good is not absence of evil. Good is confrontation of evil!” powerful Jiang

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@Aephelia 2026-04-08

I like the fact that he doesn’t read any comments, good for his mental health.

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@ger-l5k 2026-04-08

Hello Classmates, nice to see you again!!!

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@TheSukhbirgrewal 2026-04-08

I’m a delivery driver. And i love listening to Prof. Jiang through out my work. Lucky to have such prof in my life.

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@Guy-th7ml 2026-04-09

Professor Jiang, My name is Dr. Redmer, professor at Tamkang University in Taipei. I greatly admire your work on Predictive History and the way you engage audiences with thoughtful analysis. I would be honored to invite you for an online interview for my students. Our only audience would be some students from the Department of English as well as Department of Global Diplomacy. They would benefit from your insights, and I believe this conversation could highlight the impact of your work across cultures. I am flexible with scheduling and happy to adapt to your availability. Thank you very much for considering, and I look forward to the possibility of speaking with you. Best regards, Prof. Redmer

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@francescobianchi595 2026-04-08

As an Italian who has been studing Dante in school, i am amazed, nobody ever explained this, and it feels so real. Nobody in Italy undestand this so well

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@jumboon 2026-04-08

In Italy we study the Comedia at least twice during the course of study, at different ages. One part per year. My time was in the late '70. No one aver tought me such a profound analysis of this opera. No professor was able to do that. May cause we focused to the letterary/linguistic aspects of thi opera. True, the style is in "terzine". The first and the third line of the single terzina end with the same sound (rima) and this rolls over every three terzine. (Sorry, it's a bit complicate to explain indeed). Thank you very much professor. At 66 I can say I know more about the Divina Comedia, now.

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@mac1939 2026-04-08

As an italian, I would love to thank you prof. Jiang for this video. I understood the Divina Commedia better in 47 minutes than I did in 5 yrs of secondary school 🫶🏽

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@fitrirubianti 2026-04-09

I am a housewife in Indonesia and I really enjoy watching Prof.

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