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So, again, the sentence is

> 考えても見るがいい

and the provided English is

> Just think about it.

([context](https://youtu.be/vdsNfdWirtk?t=70))

I don't understand quite anything about the sentence. I know of the てみる
structure but I don't really think it is related. If it was just 「考えてもいい」 it
would make sense, even though the English version is (I think) more
"assertive".

Edit:

It turns out that the use of verb + がいい is a form of commanding or invitation,
as was suggested in the comments, and explained at [The meaning of
～がいい](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/36714/45489)

With this in mind, I found a discussion about what I think is an equivalent
expression on
[yahoo](https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q13202487918
"You'll probably need a VPN connected to jp to see the post"):

> 考えてもみてほしい

Here the answer describes the meaning of the phrase as follows:

> 考えてもみてほしいは、考えるということを有意義、有意味なこととして希望、推奨している表現です。

So I think I understand that this is an invitation to think about something,
with the implied nuance that doing so may prove to be beneficial/useful, but I
still don't understand how this stems from the usage of 〜ても〜
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translation particle-が particle-も interpretation
Help with understanding the following sentence: 考えても見るがいい
So you already understand 考えてみるがいい is a way to say "Try thinking!" This
`attributive-form + がいい` is a pompous, arrogant and old-fashioned way of
making an imperative, and you would hear this said by an emperor, a prophet, a
dragon and such (in fiction).

  * [<動詞の辞書形> + がよい ― How is this allowed?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/6714/5010)
  * [Plain Verb followed by がよい](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/64661/5010)

Next, what's the difference between these two?

  * 考えてみるがいい (or 考えてみろ / 考えてみなさい / etc)
  * 考えて **も** みるがいい (or 考えて **も** みろ / 考えて **も** みなさい / etc)

The role of this も is hard to explain, but I can at least say this has nothing
to do with ても meaning "even though" as in 走っても間に合わない. Instead, this も is here
to add a certain type of exclamatory feeling... something along the lines of
"I'm serious", "come on", "at least in this case" or "already (as in 'stop it
already')". I believe this is a type of exclamatory-も:

  * [Odd use of も has me stumped 「ソウルにいるのも今夜きりです」](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/32886/5010)
  * [What is an emphatic particle?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/58843/5010)
  * [Usage of も in そんなこともないけど](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/51841/5010)

Practically speaking, I think you can regard `te-form + も + みろ/みなさい/etc` as a
set phrase.
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