"I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable." -Lord Henry Chap. 3 Pg. 40
A paradox is a contradicting statement that when examined in reality can prove logical. When Lord Henry states that he can bare brute force but not brute reason, one has to wonder why he can stand an actual action but not a trick of the mind. I think this statement is used to explain the overall personality of Lord Henry and foretell some upcoming situations. This paradox means that he is strong enough to stand brute force but he can never stand for brute reason, which I take to mean ignorance of the mind.
It was nice to see that you incorporated into your blog entrie what we read in the book. Lord Henry is very intelligent and knowledgable about the secrets of life, or so he likes to think of himself as being so. It's predictable that Lord Henry would use such a paradox, he uses many actually, in order to captivate Dorain's imagination and mind, and is fairly successful in doing so.
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