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One can experience only ones own single version of reality, but fiction allows us to peek into thousands of other such realities, which seems a fascinating thi
by billfruit 6y ago
One can experience only ones own single version of reality, but fiction allows us to peek into thousands of other such realities, which seems a fascinating thing.
- osrec 6y agoQuite true. I wish I had the ability to get into a fiction book, but I can't seem to.
- yesenadam 6y agoWell, I read a lot of old stuff - history, essays, philosophy, diaries. It's like travelling in time. Experiencing life in ancient Greece (e.g. Plutarch, Herodotus) or China; medieval Japan; 16-17th C France (Montaigne, La Bruyere), 19th C England (Hazlitt) etc etc. Non-fiction actually allows us to "peek into thousands of other such realities", not just imagined "realities". (I get a similar effect chatting with my friends in many countries, only all the different time zones can get quite disorienting!)