Higher argument

[David Morris]

Don’t forget the text says “as if,” implying not against his own will.

David Morris

On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 1:38 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> A cosmological argument; a teleological argument; even that the higher
> argument is deterministic, his scurrying is not of his own free will.
> I get a kind of echo of Slothrop here, who scurried from place to place
> under a higher argument than he was aware of.
>
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>
> > On Nov 7, 2020, at 10:21 PM, Raphael Saltwood <
> PlainMrBotanyB at outlook.com> wrote:
> >
> > From : Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > P233.1-4   As autumn deepened, Lew could be noticed hurrying from place
> to place, as if
> >
> > increasingly claimed by a higher argument—
> >
> > tensely vertical,
> > favoring narrow black overcoats, slouch hats,
> >
> > and serviceable boots, a
> > trimmed black mustache settled in along his
> >
> > upper lip.
> >
> > In what sense is the word "argument" used here?
> >
> > ——
> >
> > Not aware of a particular trope it ties into (doesn’t mean there isn’t
> one)
> >
> > “Argument” may just be a quick catch-all term for an interpretation of
> one’s experience -
> >
> > The lawyer in court presents an argument, eg.
> >
> > Life itself presents lower (on Maslow’s pyramid) arguments - “you must
> get food and shelter”
> > But his wardrobe shows he has that.
> >
> > “You must find a place in society” - but his hurry and freedom of
> movement suggests this is not a problem for him.
> >
> > A higher argument might be “you must seek truth, insight, patterns”
> >
> > If we posit that the observant Lew has tapped into political truths and
> Cyclomite-induced insights not evident to most, this is the argument he
> engages with, to the extent of finding patterns in the light and darkness
> of London’s streets, and messages in gas.
> >
> > “Lew could be noticed” - by whom? Nookshaft’s recruiters, probably,
> working with Pythagorean and Tarot-inspired patterns, looking for kindred
> spirits.
> >
> >
> >
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