Truth vs Sincerity


	Truth vs Sincerity

rentstrike

5-14-2008 9:14 AM

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rentstrike says:

Quote from the 1961 Iris Murdoch essay, "Against Dryness," which is about varieties of fiction but includes this provocative philosophical assertion.

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