Both Uses of
revelation
in
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- You follow these little discrepancies long enough and they sometimes open up into huge revelations.†
Part 1 *
- Among philosophers this is so widely believed it's almost a platitude, but for him it's a revelation.
Part 2revelation = something previously unknown; or making such a thing known
Definitions:
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(1)
(revelation) something that was previously unknown (and typically surprising); or making such a thing known
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, Revelation as a proper noun refers to the last book of the Bible with visionary descriptions of the End of Days. Less commonly still, it sometimes refers to things revealed religiously rather than via logic.