There’s a lot more interesting things to say about my recent topic, the situation I presented as variations over the death of Damocles. 5. When reading (or hearing about) such a story, one cannot help to feel that something “needs explaining” here. But what exactly is it one wants an explanation for? Is it one of the events that should be explained? (And which one: the death of Damocles, or the...
Suppose you’re writing a novel. Your plot requires that one of the characters, let’s call him Damocles, dies (of natural causes). You can do this in several distinct ways. One would be simply by making a sober factual statement: “On Saturday evening, Damocles died in his hospital bed.” In this case, we just have a basic statement of what happens, along with the time and place of the event; and...
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