A Free Thinkers Guide Ch. 1

To integrate ourselves into the school of thought of thinking men, we must first throw away all of the misconceptions imposed upon us by the empirically-minded masses. Logic is not found, as we intuitively believe, in evidence. Rather, the free thinking that allows us to posit this belief is proof that logic lies within the individual, and rational thinking is the purest logic of all.

There is something beautiful, firstly, about language. Because, you see, language is not empirical. Words can mean many different things at different times depending on their usage, their context, and their emphasis. There is nothing objective about language, it is all based on perspective. The word "love" is a perfect example of a word that can never be truly understood by two parties in the same way at the same time, no matter how great their harmony. The word will, in essence, ebb and flow over time, taking on greater and lesser impact, and sometimes having no impact at all.

The beauty of subjectivity is something I have explored for

my entire waking life, and often during my dreaming life as well. You and I can have two completely different sets of ideals or ideas, and both of them can be right, because they call to our inner logic. As long as one is true to their inner logic, they can exist. The ones who betray their inner logic through means of magic or guile will quickly find themselves undone by this reality, and they will fall through a hole in the world to become the subject of our next chapter, lost souls.

But for now, let's return to rationalism. We have established that rationalism is beautiful, but it is not the only way to think. Heavens no, of course not. It would be unthinkable for me to think that all others must think the way I think. I think. No no, the mere fact that someone can think empirically is proof of the power of rationalism. To believe only what is set before you, you must intuitively understand the underlying concepts of proof. This is something you are born with, a rational understanding of empirical thinking. A man born with no inner logic at all would have no way of knowing what to believe, how to operate, he would come apart at the seams and become a lost soul before he even existed. Indeed, perhaps all souls are sorted this way before we are even born, but I do know that every being with a soul is born with rational thought and inner logic.

I would never ask you to abandon empirical thinking altogether. I only ask that you toss these frivolous ideas aside for the duration of our adventure, and open your mind for my next chapter, which will deal with lost souls and the concept of what is it to be "real".

Tortof Quasidio, Scholar of Rationalism