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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yair" data-source="post: 1691846" data-attributes="member: 10913">I pretty much agree. Which is probably why both me and Mark! actually wrote myths, not philosophy. Both were pieces of fiction that implied or hinted at some underlying philosophy, but neither was a philosophical discourse (though mine was closer, I guess).And even myths are not applicable to whole races, as our own human experience obviously reveals. So my little piece, for example, represented a more-or-less lost culture of Elan, which is much more Good-oreinted then the current dominant culture in my campaign. It was just an excercise in Elan thought.I do not believe Mark! was suggesting all dwarven philosophers subscribed to the same views. But it is plausible that nearly all dwarves subscribe to the same general philosophy,  which is surely (as you rightly point out) espoused by their mythos. I just find that approahing the race from the viewpoint of trying to nail down its philosophy and mythos are an interesting an novel way to flesh it out. Kudos to Mark! for the suggestion.</blockquote>