Yesterday, I heard a friend described in very harsh terms. I immediately dismissed the statement as inaccurate. But I know that truth is regularly hidden in what I believe is impossible, so I pondered whether I could find some truth in what I had heard. And I did. Exactly how this piece of reality will fit into my future, I don't yet know, but I am glad to have a hold of it.
Two weeks ago, I had been given an opportunity to practice this discipline, also.
In graduate school, I had learned about the hermeneutic of suspicion, a practice of carefully discerning what is untrue in what has long been assumed to be true. But to be fair, the hermeneutic of suspicion needs also to be used to discern the truth in what one assumes is untrue.
Two weeks ago, I had been given an opportunity to practice this discipline, also.
In graduate school, I had learned about the hermeneutic of suspicion, a practice of carefully discerning what is untrue in what has long been assumed to be true. But to be fair, the hermeneutic of suspicion needs also to be used to discern the truth in what one assumes is untrue.
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