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How I Got My Philosophic Theme
How I Got My Philosophic Theme As far as I can recall, it was a specific event, leading to a particular experience, that gave me the defining theme of the work I’ve done since then in philosophy. I’d gone uptown … Continue reading →
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A Woman Friend
A Woman Friend To most women, our female friends are of great importance in our lives. If my mother was right when she said, “A friend is a witness to one’s life,” we call in our female friends to witness … Continue reading →
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Tagged a woman’s anger, a woman’s world, Abigail L. Rosenthal’s Confessions of a Young Philosopher, allowing rescue, brutal marriage, childhood trauma, complexity and nuance of woman, Confessions of a Young Philosopher, coquetry, cruel mothers, desirability, diplomacy between women, dismissing religion, early disappointments, emotional wisdom, epicurean lifestyle, erotic happiness, feeling abandoned, female friends, feminine abyss, fragility of friendship, friend as witness, friendship, friendship breakup, go with the flow, ideal justice, incoherent narratives, injuries to self-image, insulting self-image, invisible realities, life struggles, living a true story, made up stories, male ambivalence, marital compatibility, marital partnership, men friends, men friends v women friends, Mr Wrong, personal life solutions, practical wisdom, problematic of justice, realm of thought, resumed friendship, self-protection, sounding board, spoiling others' stories, spoiling the story, supportive friendships, tact between women, thinking women, transcendence for women, travel, true story, woman confidantes, woman’s aims, woman’s self-image, women friends, women rescuing each other, women’s idealism
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