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“Friendly Fire”
“Friendly Fire” Sartre and Merleau-Ponty were among the more influential of the twentieth-century’s French philosophers. They had been friends, but Sartre had broken with Merleau-Ponty over some political disagreement. When Merleau-Ponty died in mid-life, prematurely, Sartre felt free to write … Continue reading
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Tagged better angels, café, eulogies, female friendship, first love, fjords, French philosophers, friends, good and evil, heart of darkness, Hegel, Joseph Conrad, Merleau-Ponty, moral choice, morality, Nietzsche, Nordic women, Paris, political disagreement, quarrels, Sartre, sin, unresolved relations, wicked mother
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“Forgiveness”
“Forgiveness” I suppose the opposite of forgiveness is holding a grudge – waiting and watching the person who wronged you till you can get your own back. If so, I must be a very forgiving type. Why don’t I cherish … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-semitism, apology, army chaplains, café, Communion, etiquette, forgiveness, grudge holding, International Military Tribunal, Jewish v Christian forgiveness, Lutheranism, nazis, Nuremberg Trials, Pastor Henry Gerecke, resentment, Tim Townsend, war criminals
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