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| | Something Rich and Strange: P.K. Dick's "Beyond Lies the Wub" |
 | | This latter aspect is a fundamental clue and means to explicating Dick's fictional technique and inferring therefrom his metaphysics for, it is primarily via the psychological effects of his characters' various encounters with reality that Dick manifests his concept of metaphysical reality. |
 | | Franco is depicted as a unfeeling, harsh, pragmatic individual whereas the Wub would rather discuss questions of Philosophy and the Arts and is addicted to various forms of relaxation. |
 | | Is it form or content that makes one a Wub or a Man? In that "essence" is usually associated, philosophically, with universal, accidents, and form, whereas "content" is associated with existence, particular, and substance, the Wub's actions help indicate Dick's metaphysics. |
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