/lit/ - Literature

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Take some time to understand him and you will see he is driving at something very near to all of us. The tragedy of each beings fullness not being able to be achieved. The wolf goes hungry should the rabbit escape, and should the wolf be full the rabbit sacrifices his lifeblood for this. It is a tragic truth that not all of the goods in the world may be realized, but the order of the world strives to realize as much goodness as it can and so this very process of loss and disintegration into the past which we all face together in this universe is necessary for the beauty and goodness to continue. We are like sculptors of the world who each contributes to its ongoing beauty and sets the stage for new life to continue on, and yet all of the goodness that is present now will fade for the new to emerge. So Whitehead is highlighting the bittersweet nature of Gods creation. It's like an old person on a bench in the autumn, remembering all of those sweet moments like their first love and the day they had their child, and noting how it all slips away. But then they hear kids playing in the park and are reminded that all of these moments will be reborn anew without them, and so on it goes, striving towards beauty and perpetuation. The process of life.