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Damir Marusic's avatar

I mean… I guess that’s a plausible meta-read? But isn’t the essay more a critique of the limits of sense- and meaning-making? That we can’t escape that at the limit, sense fails us? And that this recognition itself is important and resonant?

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James Hexter's avatar

Sure, but I don't believe spirituality and mysticism is necessary to make that point.

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Damir Marusic's avatar

How about art?

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James Hexter's avatar

Again, helpful but not necessary.

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Damir Marusic's avatar

Doesn't art get at something important? Something that's not reachable by other means?

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James Hexter's avatar

Whatever makes the lumpenproles happy, I suppose.

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Damir Marusic's avatar

I see, you’re Enlightened.

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