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Every novel says to the reader: Things are not as simple as you think.
That is the novel's eternal truth, but it grows steadily harder to hear amid the
din of easy, quick answers.Milan Kundera.
This quote is the probable reason why people feel so fascinated by works
like Platos dialogues and Dostoievskys novels. It has been a long way to me to
realize that philosophy and literature, in such combinations, achieve more than
the sum of the two parts. Each one has much to teach one another. The
possibilities for mutual illumination are vast, but the opportunity for serious and
sustained engagement between the disciplines is the reason I am interested in
your Philosophy + Literature @ Standford program.
Currently, I am cursing the third year of Petroleum Engineering
undergraduate EPN`s program.