A similar process seems to be occurring in Poul Anderson's character, Lucas Greco:
"Was the possession of certain bricks and roofs worth so much death?
"What is it, thought Lucas, that forever dulls the color of my finest moments and draws gargoyles among all my lions?"
-Rogue Sword, Chapter XII, p. 181.
Lucas is successful in a worldly sense and yet at the same time sees through his success. Why is it that some of us perceive more deeply whereas others do not?
2 comments:
This is something I find unrealistic. People lived closer to death then.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
In many, many cases that is true. Except there were people who at least tried to look or reflect more deeply, such as Dante, who was living and writing in Lucas' time. Think of what a tremendous achievement Dante made with the DIVINE COMEDY!
Ad astra! Sean
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