The Absent Answer is fictional.
All people and buildings mentioned on these pages are fictional.
Many of the streets, towns and suburbs are real.
The writers and thinkers quoted and referenced are real.
At least, we have every reason to believe so.
The ideas are real.
The ideas might be the only real thing here.
IMAGE: Plato, detail from The School of Athens by Raphael via wikimedia
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