Doublethink was a satire&#x2F;parody of communist &quot;dialectical materialism&quot; - in turn a development of Hegelian dialectics and finally of Heraclitus. Orwell is embarassingly simpleminded in accounting for this, and it&#x27;s a crying shame he wasn&#x27;t acquainted with Whitehead and Bergson and other thinkers that were fully aware that reality is process rather than essence.<p>Bonus: Heraclitus on Wikiquote: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikiquote.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Heraclitus" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikiquote.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Heraclitus</a>