George Eliot and Buddhism Hey guys, I’m currently reading…
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George Eliot and Buddhism
Hey guys, I’m currently reading Middlemarch for the first time, and the prose is obviously incredible and features a ridiculous amount of quotes.
During the passages that involve Eliot creating a rich psychological make-up of the central characters, the section that focuses on Casaubon, and all his internal struggles, seems so Buddhist in the way that Eliot captures how his sense of self is riddled with doubt and insecurity. Of course, in Buddhist philosophy, a key focus is how a sense of our subjective self is ultimately the fundamental cause of our suffering. With that, check out this quote:
"Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self."
Maybe Eliot, without any knowledge of Buddhism, is ultimately just pointing out the problem of feeling like an ego in comparison with other ego’s, and naturally, how this social comparison is the cause of suffering. But man, the language, and it’s target, just seems so Buddhist.
#entertainment
Hey guys, I’m currently reading Middlemarch for the first time, and the prose is obviously incredible and features a ridiculous amount of quotes.
During the passages that involve Eliot creating a rich psychological make-up of the central characters, the section that focuses on Casaubon, and all his internal struggles, seems so Buddhist in the way that Eliot captures how his sense of self is riddled with doubt and insecurity. Of course, in Buddhist philosophy, a key focus is how a sense of our subjective self is ultimately the fundamental cause of our suffering. With that, check out this quote:
"Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self."
Maybe Eliot, without any knowledge of Buddhism, is ultimately just pointing out the problem of feeling like an ego in comparison with other ego’s, and naturally, how this social comparison is the cause of suffering. But man, the language, and it’s target, just seems so Buddhist.
#entertainment
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