Fairies and Wolfe

Marc Aramini · 02 Apr 2012, 17:35 · from 2012-April.txt.gz

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From: marcaramini at yahoo.com (Marc Aramini)
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 10:35:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) Fairies and Wolfe
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on second thought, maybe some of the thoughts about "obeying" and duty and order in Severian's philosophy, but I just don't think it is definitely an outgrowth of Aurelius, but the practical application of a far more dualistic, top heavy philosophy.

--- On Mon, 4/2/12, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: (urth) Fairies and Wolfe
> To: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net>
> Date: Monday, April 2, 2012, 10:30 AM
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 4/2/12, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Exactly my thought(s). BTNS seems soaked in
> Hellenistic
> > philosophy. I wanted to be cautious on the gnostic
> aspect
> > here, but it's not far off.
> > 
> > I've wondered if Severian's account owes any debt to
> the
> > memoirs of 
> > Marcus Aurelius, which I've never read. Has anyone
> here?
> > 
> > I
> 
> A while ago.? eh, they are quoted sometimes directly in
> the Chrasmological Writings so I'm sure Wolfe has read them,
> but I don't think they relate much to the actual cosmology
> of New Sun except insofar as all ancient epistemology might
> contribute to it.
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