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ae2bee7 At a certain point talk about 'essence' and 'oneness' and the universal becomes more tautological than inquisitive. tautology mysticism Christopher Hitchens
65c2ace "In the same essay, Said (who is reviewing Peter Stansky and William Abrams, co-authors obsessed with the Blair/Orwell distinction) congratulates them on their forceful use of tautology: This is rather extraordinary. Orwell did indeed meet Garrett in Liverpool in 1936, and was highly impressed to find that he knew him already through his pseudonymous writing--under the name Matt Lowe--for John Middleton Murry's Adelphi. As he told his diary: poverty writing politics tautology edward-said george-orwell economics Christopher Hitchens