Dear omyk:

“I also don’t want to lie to myself. Dostoevsky says that lying to yourself eventually leads one to cease loving“-

– From The Brothers Karamazov: “Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he can not distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses al respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love”.

Is the truth in our urges, or is the truth in our values/ ethics/ moral fiber? Or can the two be one, animal and god?

It’s difficult to be human = part animal, part god.

anita