Literature of the Western World

Does the Truth matter? Such a question I believe does not need to be argued. Of course I'm not going to go further with that; it's just an important thing to answer on your own; but you see, what truly matters? That is a question that should be discussed, perhaps such as Plato or Socrates would have discussed... a way that isn't an argument, but a one-sided fist fight.

What truly matters? Obviously, things such as gravity, oxygen, molecules, quarks, light, heat, etc., so please, don't mention them.... What truly matters? Literature? Because that would be an art, which means it's only a thing of entertainment/a distraction. However, what if one were to discover the most important thing of all? Let's say... the meaning of life. Everyone wants to know why they're here, unless their a robot (i.e. child, en soi, fool, etc.). And this person goes to the market, a place filled with people ignorant of why they're here (i.e. "us" and "them") and he (universal pronoun for "this person") shouts at them very dramatically and he tells them this previous secret and his explanation is so plain, everyone looks at him and immediately decide he's an idiot/mad man. He keeps trying and trying, everyday, until one day a policeman comes up to him (who's by now quit caring about appearances) and takes him away and he eventually gets placed into some asylum somewhere far away from the people who tell stories of the madman from their very own town. Eventually he dies in that asylum with only the truly insane and wrongly accused believing his Truth. Those people were so habitual that they refused to acknowledge the Truth they knew deep down in their heart the instant they heard it.

Is it safe to say that Literature (real Literature has so much more than plot, after all. Those others are just stories... no... words on paper.) is needed, perhaps even required to get points across? Of course. For I just did with that little allegory you've just read.

This would seem much less snotty if we were discussing this in class face-to-face. Which means that facial expressions in communicating are required for healthy discussion. Which makes that statement concerning the snottiness of this post True.

Getting back to "What Truly matter?" Literature does, to reiterate, else points would never get across to robots (i.e. children, the en soi, etc.). But what else matters, I wonder? I, as we all are, ignorant of many POVs, and when we discuss this I'm sure we can get some type of life lesson to pass on to the next generation, who'll then use it before they ever do need to. We're nearly late for this class. Let's all cram before the bell rings!