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“...the difference between the tolerant and the extremist was not so great. "Looking into the Other, we can always find something of ourselves within.”

Quote by Manil Suri

Book:The City of Devi
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The City of Devi

This book explores the enigmatic and vibrant world of a city known as Devi, where ancient traditions and modern mysteries intertwine. more

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Manil Suri
Manil Suri

Manil Suri is an Indian-American writer known for his unique literary style and profound philosophical insights. His works often explore deep questions of human existence, blending elements of mathematics and literature. Born on July 10, 1959, Suri grew up in India and later moved to the United States, where he embarked on his writing career. more

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“❝ Outside and inside form a dialectic of division, the obvious geometry of which blinds us as soon as we bring it into play in metaphorical domains. It has the sharpness of the dialectics of ‘yes’ and 'no,’ which decides everything. Unless one is careful, it is made into a basis of images that govern all thoughts of positive and negative. Logicians draw circles that overlap or exclude each other, and all their rules immediately become clear. Philosophers, when confronted with outside and inside, think in terms of being and non-being. Thus profound metaphysics is rooted in an implitcit geometry which– whether we will or no–confers spatiality upon thought; if a metaphysician could not draw, what would he think? Open and closed, for him, are thoughts. They are metaphors that he attaches to everything, even his systems. In a lecture given by Jean Hyppolite on the subtle structure of denegation (which is quite different from the simple structure of negation) Hyppolite spoke of “a first myth of outside and inside.” And he added: “you feel the full significance of this myth of outside and inside in alienation, which is founded on these two term. Beyond what is expressed in their formal opposition lie alienation and hostility between the two.” And so, simple geometrical opposition becomes tinged with agressivity. Formal opposition is incapable of remaining calm.”

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