/lit/ - Literature

>>14274917
The essence of the argument you are referring to is: if every thing is contingent on a previous cause, and only comes into actuality if its cause is actual, a primary, uncaused cause is necessary, if anything is to be at all (as no part of the causal chain would come into being without the previous, which would not come into being without the previous and so on; and, if there was nothing that escaped the necessity of being caused, there would be nothing at all.).
So, your question could be translated to "what is the cause of the uncaused cause". Its answer: it is uncaused. Per the argument, such a thing that escapes the necessity of being caused is a necessary conclusion of anything existing. So why ask what causes it?

Why didn't the "wizards" just cast themselves out of the dullest franchise in the history of franchises? Seriously each episode following the boy wizard and his pals from Hogwarts Academy as they fight assorted villains has been indistinguishable from the others. Aside from the gloomy imagery, the series’ only consistency has been its lack of excitement and ineffective use of special effects, all to make magic unmagical, to make action seem inert.

Perhaps the die was cast when Rowling vetoed the idea of Spielberg directing the series; she made sure the series would never be mistaken for a work of art that meant anything to anybody?just ridiculously profitable cross-promotion for her books. The Harry Potter series might be anti-Christian (or not), but it’s certainly the anti-James Bond series in its refusal of wonder, beauty and excitement. No one wants to face that fact. Now, thankfully, they no longer have to.

"a-at least the books were good though!"

"No!" The writing is dreadful; the book was terrible. As I read, I noticed that every time a character went for a walk, the author wrote instead that the character "stretched his legs."

I began marking on the back of an envelope every time that phrase was repeated. I stopped only after I had marked the envelope several dozen times. I was incredulous. Rowling's mind is so governed by cliches and dead metaphors that she has no other style of writing. Later I read a lavish, loving review of Harry Potter by the same Stephen King. He wrote something to the effect of, "If these kids are reading Harry Potter at 11 or 12, then when they get older they will go on to read Stephen King." And he was quite right. He was not being ironic. When you read "Harry Potter" you are, in fact, trained to read Stephen King.

>"marx is not utopian"
>he is the definition of utopian