(urth) Babbie
David Stockhoff
dstockhoff at verizon.net
Thu Mar 19 12:36:39 PDT 2009
Sure. I was only saying I had no trouble with the two-part model used to
explain the Horn-Silk complex. John seems to suggest that it's even less
of a problem than that from a theological perspective (I myself am no
expert on souls), in which case 2 parts may not even be needed.
Personally, I'm not sure what Wolfe is getting at with all these
transmogrifications of souls. Perhaps it is a matter of emphasizing the
divine and eternal over the fleeting and mundane. And if we or someone
could control souls, it would be powerful "magic" indeed. (I have
noticed that Wolfe doesn't write about fireball-throwing wizards so
much. Magic artillery doesn't lead one to question the nature of the
divine.)
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David, I think you're on the right track. However, I don't suppose Wolfe
is proposing any specific answer to the question of what a soul is, let
alone whether it can be copied or not. Rather, I suggest that he's
asking questions: "What if _this_ were possible; then where would the
soul be?" and some of his novels are, among other things, attempts to
explore those questions, though not necessarily to _answer_ them as
such. The best fiction raises questions but doesn't necessarily answer
them.
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