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Part 6, Chapter 4
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Razor’s Edge, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Wisdom and the Meaning of Life
Social Norms and Conformity
Trauma and Self-Destruction
Snobbishness, Social Status, and Cosmopolitanism
Truth and the Problem of Evil
Summary
Analysis
The restaurant in Paris where Larry and Somerset talk begins to empty. Only a few patrons are left. Once in a while, one or two people will wander in. At around two or three in the morning, more people come in as the nightclubs begin to close.
Somerset and Larry continue talking through the night, showing how engrossed they are in their conversation and suggesting that their subject, the pursuit of wisdom and life’s meaning, is not only riveting but deeply worthwhile.
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