Episode 255: Beloved Child of the House (Susanna Clarke's "Piranesi")
Very Bad Wizards
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The Innocence of Piranesi
Piranesi is genuinely, like you were saying to Amla, views himself as a sort of scientist who is documenting the world. He genuinely believes that he is one of two people in the entire world. The thing that it reminded me of is the Zen idea of shoshin or beginner's mind which refers according to Wikipedia, to having an attitude of openness and eagerness when studying.
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