Part One - Apologies from Individuals
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 December 2009
Summary
In speaking of lies, we come inevitably to the subject of truth. There is nothing simple or easy about the idea. There is no “the truth,” “a truth” – truth is not one thing, or even a system. It is an increasing complexity….
This is why the effort to speak honestly is so important. Lies are usually attempts to make everything simpler – for the liar – than it really is, or ought to be….
It is important to do this because it breaks down human self-delusion and isolation.
It is important to do this because in so doing we do justice to our own complexity.
It is important to do this because we can count on so few people to go that hard way with us.
Adrienne Rich, from “Women and Honor: Some Notes on Lying”- Type
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- Information
- I Was WrongThe Meanings of Apologies, pp. 15 - 16Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008