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Milan Kundera

The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead.

Milan Kundera

Wisdom

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Milan Kundera suggests that novelists encourage readers to see life as uncertain and open to interpretation, rather than fixed and absolute. This mindset promotes understanding and acceptance, which are lost when people cling rigidly to unquestionable beliefs.

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