Lorite

Not to be confused with Lorites.

Lorite is a term of outlook within the mathic community, tied to the order known as the Lorites. In ordinary speech it can mean either a member of that order or, more loosely, someone taking a Lorite stance.

Definition and Usage

• Refers to the Lorites' habit of challenging claims of novelty and tracing ideas to earlier attestations.
• In casual self-description, avout may use it to label an approach: preferring to consult established writings and authorities before embarking on open-ended theorizing.

Associations and Outlook

• Emphasizes careful scholarship, citation, and precedent-hunting over invention-for-its-own-sake.
• Often invoked as a check against wasted effort: "find what better thinkers have already written" captures the spirit.

Context and Relationships

• Closely associated with Saunt Lora and propositions attributed to her about the rarity of truly new ideas.
• Used within discussions among avout to contrast research styles and to signal skepticism toward claims of originality.

Current Status

• The term remains in active conversational use as a label for a person aligned with the order and as shorthand for a methodology grounded in prior scholarship.
• A contingent of Lorites is present at a newly established mathic-led settlement, preparing to absorb knowledge from four newly contacted cosmi; in that context, speakers characterize this as a notably good time to be a Lorite.