Wisdom in Community

In short, what Alison Bechdel says of the essentialist/anti-essentialist debate applies to wisdom as well: “Clearly, [we] need to rethink this thing.”

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Let This Book Give You Heart

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Lastly, if you should ever doubt that a series of dry words in a government document can shatter spirits and demolish lives, let this book erase that doubt.  Conversely, if you should be of the conviction that we are powerless to change those dry words, let this book give you heart.

Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman

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