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AmorFati
2(8)l2017DRYF
OneofthePolishreadersofMarcinDolecki'squantitatively
modest,butintellectuallyrichliteraryoutput,recognizedthatthe
storypresentedinhisdebutbookJedenzmożliwychświatówis
likeaphilosophylessonduringextremekayakingorjumping
downawaterfall.TheAmericanversionofthenovel,Philoso-
pher'sCrystal:TheTreacherousTerrainofTassatarius,repeats
thisfeat-whenthewholeworldseemstoflashbeforeoureyes,
ourguideleadsusthroughimportantconsiderationsaboutthe
existenceoftheworldandman.
JoannaRoś:Manycreatorswriters,theaterartistsor
musiciansrecallwithrapturetheirfirstreadingsof
philosophicalbooks,bothofextensiveworks,essayistic
treatisesandnovels.Doesourabilitytobeabsorbedby
suchliteraturedecreaseasweage?Doyoualsofindin
yourselfaneedtoreturntothebooksalreadyimpor-
tanttoyou,ratherthanreadingmoreandmore?
MarcinDolecki:Itisnoteasytoavoidunnecessary,andoften
harmful,mythologizationofthepast,includingtheworksweonce
encountered.Oneoftheremediesinthiscasemaybetore-read
thetextsthatoncetouchedusstrongly.ThatiswhyIoftenreturn
tooldreadings.Iregularlyreach,especiallyinthelateevening
hours,fortheworksofthreepersons:LudwigWittgenstein,St.
JohnoftheCrossandJ.R.R.Tolkien.Iamfascinatedwiththe
concisenessandprecisionofthoughtofthefirstoftheseauthors,
thecourageofadvancingtowardstheUnknownthroughthedark
nightofthesoul,asdepictedbythesecondone,hisabandonment
ofthecomfortable"fitting"ofrealitytopersonalcognitiveabili-
ties,andfinallywiththefable,yetfascinatinginmetaphysical
terms,attempttodescribethecreationoftheworldbythethird
one.
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