/lit/ - Literature

>>9764385
Because it's a rough low resolution summary of an entire chapter. His book is structured that way. First, he breaks down his claim into its central message and then goes into detail.

>And what does it mean, that the arts are the expression of the world as forum for action?
He means that a story is a unit of information that tells us how we should act in the world in order to get the future we want for ourselves. That's what you are feeling when ever a piece of art, writing or music touches you deeply. Your emotional response means that your nervous system has registered a unit of "meta true" information that gives you an insight into the realm of human action. That's what the hero's journey is all about, it tells us how to act in the world. In contrast, a Greek tragedy tells us how NOT to act, by pointing out the fatal flaw of the tragic hero. The reason we like stories, music and art in general is because we long for answers on how to act in a world that is too complex for us to ever fully comprehend. To make this case he falls back on Joseph Chambell and Carl Jung, by claiming that this mode of operation as well as the units of information themselves are instances of archetypes of the collective unconscious.

>>9764388
lol

Do you have the understanding of physics and maths to validate that by yourself, or did you simply accept that because someone with a degree in physics told you so? Math can't even prove itself right (gödels second incompleteness theorem) and physics is predicated on maths. Your view of the world is a dogmatic house of cards.