theoretical man, n.All

A Theoretical man (n.) delights ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in the covers cast aside and the happy process of unveiling; the artist keeps his enchanted gaze on what still remains hidden.

A Theoretical man (n.) understands ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠of poetry and myth exactly as much as a deaf man does of music: both behold a movement that seems to them meaningless.

A Theoretical man (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠now afraid of his own consequences: he runs anxiously up and down the shore, no longer daring to commit himself to the icy currents of existence.