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There, in a sense was written down in a book. This said book could be written about how to reach there, what is there, why is there…, Whom is there…, etc.
Someone has already created the framework for the next person to learn and build upon.
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There and Here can represent a multitude of many concepts. Here may be the Present or the finite matters of life while There could be the embodiment of the future or the infinite.
Though, when you manage to arrive at There, what will happen then?
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As the onlookers grew quiet, the madman realizes that it is not the right time to speak such truths about god to the citizens. The irony here is what he says makes the citizens believe he is a madman when in reality it’s vice-versa. He shatters the lantern on the ground which symbolizes himself no longer needing guidance or truths from a god that was murdered by the will of mankind. He then proposes that it will take some time for others to follow suit and figure it out for themselves as he has.
Also, the time that it takes light to travel from the nearest star to earth is roughly 4.2 years at the speed of light. The madman uses the parallels time and light to say “we know not of what we do”. Some that search for the truth may never find it but when the time comes only then will they see the light.
After “hitherto!” repeats section about smashing the lantern