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   From: donnellaf@gmail.com   
      
   Joseph wrote:   
   > "Andrew F. Donnell"   
   >   
   >>That analogy is perfectly fine, but I don't think it actually fits the   
   >>discussion (lots of analogies flying around this thread, I wonder if we're   
   >>really actually saying anything through them all).  When somebody is   
   >>perceived to be out of synch with reality (defining "reality" rather   
   >>loosely), people often want to correct him.   
   >   
   >   
   > Reality? It's a book!   
   >   
   > (But I'm the one who's out of synch with reality.)   
      
   Well, I did define reality rather loosely.   
      
   But then:   
      
   "I believe that legends and myths are largely made of 'truth,' and   
   indeed present aspects of it that can only be perceived in this mode."   
   Tolkien, Letter 131   
      
      
   Andy   
      
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