One, only one

Terrance F. Flaherty Lycidas at worldnet.att.net
Tue Jun 22 19:51:16 CDT 1999


Not bait! A request for help. The quote comes from the episode currently under
discussion--The Kenosha Kid. Between Red Malcolm (the kid) and Red River
valley. This a tough episode. I have not been able to find an essay or article
or book that addresses this entire episode. I have stated before, that
Solipsism and History are bound together in GR, as Enfetishment and History
are in V., and Narcissism and History are in TCOL49, and as what I referred to
as T.S. Eliot's "Hurry up please it's time" in the SL stories, and what I
refer to as "the appalling danger of family life" Brave New World's "Ford or
Freud." It seems to me, that this is a very important episode to this History
idea. In GR, naturally, it is very complex. "Imagined the structure" seems to
be addressed to the reader? But, as is often the case in GR, not only the
reader.

Terrance

David Morris wrote:

> "Terrance F. Flaherty" wrote:
> >> "You had thought of solipsism, and imagined the structure to
> >> be populated--on your level--by only, terribly, one."
> >>
> >> I'd appreciate any comments etc..
>
> "Terrance F. Flaherty" wrote some more:
> >On the above BTW. Yes I think this a very important sentence.
> >Thanks in advance,
>
> Why do I have the feeling you're baiting a hook?  WHY do you "think this a
> very important sentence?"  Are you being coy?  Also, could you give the
> page/line reference?
>
> BTW, it does SOUND like an important sentence...




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