[lit-ideas] Re: Kant's antithesis
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 05:20:37 EDT
Of course the reason she spoke thus was that she was addressing a man. Men
deal much better with denial than truth. Sweeping generalization coming from
experience.
Julie Krueger
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Date: 10/13/04 4:09:30 AM Central Daylight Time From: _bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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"'I suppose I'll have to tell you all about it,' she said. 'I mean,
I'd better tell the truth.' She spoke as if this was always a last
distasteful resort instead of a moral obligation."
["She" is the character Helen Missal in Ruth Rendell's _From Doon With
Death_]
Chris Bruce
Kiel, Germany
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