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Q: In which literary works are the laws of logic broken?

lfbaIn literature, the breaking of logical conventions has served as a narrative tool. This can be seen in the surreal landscapes of Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the infinite wheel in Borges' Aleph, and the weaponization of logical contradiction in Orwell's 1984, among many other place...

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Q: Please Explain the Following Methaphor by Francis Bacon

ChrisI'm trying to get a handle on a metaphor used by Francis Bacon, when expounding on the usefulness of Alchemy as a study. He writes "Alchemy may be compared to the man who had told his sons he has gold buried...where they, by digging, found no gold, but by turning up the mould about the roots of t...

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