“The child intuitively comprehends that although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue …”
(Bruno Bettelheim, “The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales”)
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“Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.”
(Andre Gide)

pic. attribution
How many theories about it?