Ennui
Paul Mackin
paul.mackin at verizon.net
Tue Jul 17 10:04:33 CDT 2001
Terrance wrote: (quoting)
>
>
> Ennui, like Natural Selection, accounted for change, but
> failed to account for direction of change.
> For that, an attractive force was
> essential; a force from outside;
> a shaping influence. Pascal and all the old philosophies
> called this outside force God
> or Gods.
Adams himself is an attractive force. His ironic literary style attracts
Pynchon who also has an ironic literary style. But did either gentleman
find answers? Even think he found answers? What is the answer? What is
the question?
P.
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