The Ghent Review Volume1, Number 1, summer 2016 | Page 52

-An admonition. There are other questions worth solving than the nature of
the self
-Such as
-The collective identity cannot be overlooked
-I find that to be a horrible thought
-As I said, an egoist
-I might take that as a compliment
-Bur surely..this world exists for me as much as it exists for you
-Ah, but is it the same world we see through different eyes?
-The world is what it is, it cannot be other
-But it is other to every one
-I disagree. Facts are not mutable. The world is as the world is.
Interpretation is not possible on given notions.
-In that case tell me the colour of black.
-That’s a trick, not an argument
-Or tell me the gravity of light
-Another trick
-Another proposition
-You’re cleaver but that’s not enough to shape a life by – even with your
obsession. Sooner or later you will come up against a fact that can’t be
challenged and when you do your whole world will come crashing down
about you
-And that would please you?
-Indirectly, yes
-Because?
-Because you would have to face the emptiness of your notions
-Or their acquittal – perhaps it’s the ‘facts’ as you call them which will fall
-Your pride is wilful to the point of being dangerous. Don’t you recognise
any authority other than yourself?