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Originally Posted by Giggleton
I am not judging any book, all we have are the potentials of a text towards the advancement of our culture. Every text might contain this potential.
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Some texts really don't contain this potential.
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How can we not be dealing with the universe? A book is after all a view of the universe through the eyes and mind of the author.
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A book is no more a view of the universe than an ant has a view of a continent.
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Would Jane Austens books have been more culturally significant if they were freely distributed at the the time of their writing? Did the printing monopoly play a role in making Ms. Austens books so culturally significant? Would Ms. Austen have written her culturally significant books if she were not able to charge people for reading them?
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Dickens certainly wouldn't have written if he couldn't sell his books. He wouldn't have been able to do so. There might we a few wealthy people who could afford to write as a hobby. But if you had your way, those would be the only people writing. You would silence everyone who had to make a living.