Mundus vult decipi'the world wants to be deceived. To live without deception presupposes standards beyond the reach of most people whose existence is largely shaped by compromise, evasion and mutual accommodation. Could they face their weakness, their vanity and selfishness, without a mask?
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About Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel was American american rabbi, theologian, and philosopher. Abraham Joshua Heschel was a Polish-American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century. Heschel, a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, authored a number of widely read books on Jewish philosophy and was a leader in the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia →
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- Truth — Meditations on honesty, authenticity, and the search for truth