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THEINTERVIEWWITHMARCINDOLECKI
Thereexists,perhapsalittlestainedwithswagger,
aconvictionthatreaderswhodevotethemselvesto
theirownwritingcareers,whileworkingontheirown
books,arelesslikelytodelveintootherwriters'lite-
raryworks.Writingisforthemademandforabsolute
concentration,forthesettingasideofallotherreading.
Itseems,however,thatyourworkonPhilosopher's
Crystal:TheTreacherousTerrainofTassatariushadto
proceedinadifferentway;thatwritingaboutadven-
turesof"philosophyadherents",youhadtohave
opusesofSt.Augustine,Descartes,orShankaracon-
stantlyopenandwithinreachofyourhand.Ormaybe
anabstractoftheirthoughtsthatyoutriedtopresent
onthepagesofyournovelhadalreadyformedinyour
headbefore,andwhenyouwerewriting,rethinking
theirsentencesandargumentswassimplyunneces-
sary?
Philosopher'sCrystalismostlymyconversationwithmyself.
Ichosetheformoftimetraveltomakeencounterswitheminent
thinkerspossibleatall,butIrealizethatsettingboundariesbe-
tweenmythoughtsandwhatphilosophershadreallymeantisnot
easy.Thecharactersofmybook,ascreatedbymymind,donot
discusswithrealpeople,butwithothercharactersexistinginmy
mind.Inphilosophyitisnotpossibletohavethe"royalpointof
view",toobservetheintellectualscenestandingoutsideofit,like
oldrulerswatchingbattlefieldsfromhills.Iembraceviewsof
othersinawaysuchasmypast,myintellectualandspiritualfor-
mationallowme.Imodifytheseviews-toagreaterorlesserex-
tent,andtheyaffectme.WhenIreadaworkofagiventhinker,
thenheorshebecomes"my"thinker,becauseIseetheworldhe
orshedescribeswithmyeyes-otherwiseIcouldnotdoit.Tobe
asobjectiveaspossible,whilecreatingmynovelIrepeatedly
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