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IrrevocableA Philosophy of Mortality$
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Irrevocable: A Philosophy of Mortality

Alphonso Lingis

Print publication date: 2018

Print ISBN-13: 9780226556765

Published to Chicago Scholarship Online: May 2019

DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226557090.001.0001

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Truthfulness

Truthfulness

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(p.81) Truthfulness
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Irrevocable
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Alphonso Lingis

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University of Chicago Press
DOI:10.7208/chicago/9780226557090.003.0010

Joy is the most expansive, most comprehensive state, the most truthful state. Skepticism and calculation narrow down the mind, latching on to things to say No to; fear and resentment peer into the future to say No. It is in a state of joy and exhilaration that we should decide the important things, decide to marry this man or this woman, decide to become a dancer, doctor, or deep-sea diver, decide to go live in Paris or Patagonia.

Keywords:   joy, truth, decision

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