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Where Connotations Serve to Clarify Julían Marías, a Spanish philosopher proves to be no exception to the numerous writers attempting to describe California’s effect on both visitors and residents alike almost predictably invoking the idea of paradise in their evaluation. He confirms California as a par ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... of everything, there is a peculiar composition of forms,—kósmos—that is reminiscent of a garden, then that is establishing Marías’ systematic view on how California is not a mere paradise but also having a bearing to the Garden of Eden. Furthermore, since there are wild, untrammeled, and rugged forest lands in the North Atlantic states; deserts in Arizona and New Mexico. California is another matter, truly an oasis, then once again we can see an image of California as being a deser ....