Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Order

I still remember very well the conclusion of the priest:

"You don't need to accept everything as true, you only have to accept it as necessary."
"Depressing view," said K, "The lie is made for the world order."

(This is a direct copy from The Trial, in the middle of Chapter 9. The original German wording of K was: Die Lüge ist für die Ordnung der Welt.)

Even if we take aside its philosophical meaning (which is the most important, and, I'm sure, the original meaning of Kafka), the phrase is a sobering summary of the reality - which I shall not be long-winded and would leave the interpretation to your own discretion.

But, when you have come that far, your feeling would be no different from that of Edward Elric, in Fullmetal Alchemist, when he was brought to the gate of the hell and could peep inside. You are thoroughly mystified and horrified - but you would have a different domain of capability (or vision in our case) for the rest of your life.

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