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> Put yourself in extreme situations with other people (like joining the military or something). I don't disagree with your point generally, but for someone wi
by arrosenberg 7y ago
> Put yourself in extreme situations with other people (like joining the military or something).
I don't disagree with your point generally, but for someone with no interest in being in the military, reading Hemingway is a perfectly acceptable way to understand the ugliness of war. He absolutely captures the human condition in his books.
- philwelch 7y agoI don't disagree with that; I'm just saying that when you read Hemingway, you're experiencing all that stuff second-hand and I suspect Hemingway himself had a much broader understanding of the human condition than anyone can ever achieve by reading Hemingway.