Vita Nostra (Vita Nostra, #1)

by Marina Dyachenko

Because clearly the world did not work the way she imagined before. The visible connection between different events—objective laws, consistent patterns, accidents, and regular days—all this simply served as a Chinese screen for another existence, invisible and incomprehensible.

takes cruel revenge on laziness, on cowardice, and on the most infinitesimal attempt to avoid learning the entire curriculum. Is that

Reality

“In reality, each one of you is in the same situation as Samokhina. You are blind. You stare into the darkness.”

Unreality

The world of ideas (eidos) exists outside of time and space. This world has a certain hierarchy, on top of which is the idea of Good . . .’”

Quate

and ideas symbolize the creatures and objects that pass in front of the Cave, and the Cave itself is a symbol of the material world with

Plato

Sunlight is a stream of photons characterized by a wave-particle duality . . .

Wave Particle

“According to Nominalism, universals are names of names, but not of absolute reality or notion . . .” This phrase,

Universal

Plato’s theory of ‘the world of ideas . . .’”

Platos theory of ideas

“Imagine two spheres, one with a larger diameter, the other smaller. Mentally place the first sphere inside the second ensuring that the diameters of both spheres do not change . . .”

Imagined

“Your sensual experience makes a difference, your hormonal status . . .”