"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." - Arthur Schopenhauer

When considering the various allusions that are made on this website to 'The West' - it should be noted that this is not the 'Geological West' in and of itself, but instead is with reference to the 'Ontological West' in the Philological sense - the arena of thought that has predominated most of the world since ancient times.

"All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; second, it is violently opposed; and third, it is accepted as self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer