<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>David: >></span>On second glance the story seems based in some form of Platonism in which all material things strive to reunite with the Ideal.<br>
<br></div><div><span>I said it before, but I like to repeat myself lately. David's idea about Platonism here is almost identical to Milton's "monistic" theology. One day, I need to <br></span></div><div>write up the similarities I see. Besides, it'd be fun to suggest that a Catholic writer and a violently anti-Catholic writer both had similar theologies...at least in their more imaginative writings.</div><br> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br> </div> </div></body></html>