Following on from an earlier thread, I thought it might be worth recalling that one or two of us have been caught out over our lives telling things that weren't exactly true, to get out of scrapes, or improve our image, or whatever. I can recall many years ago being at a dinner party (in England), where an eminent professor (I had no idea he was eminent) brought up a book of Heidegger's I had not read, and feeling that I had to be part of the conversation I began discussing the book as if I had, and eventually he turned on me and said: "You haven't read the book, have you?" And in front of 7 people I had to admit that I hadn't. They laughed, and started talking about books they hadn't read, but it was a very embarrassing moment, burned into my brain, I can remember the shape of the cutlery -- I never ever talk about books I haven't read any more. Learned that lesson!!!yours, Peter T.
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