Yeah, perhaps, but I'm more comfortable with Richard Holloway (and Jacques Derrida) on this - forgiveness is most itself when it forgives the unforgivable. In other words, forgiveness is hyperbolic, though we might want to say, 'gracious.' Perhaps the difference is more semantic than substantive but I prefer Holloway's approach.
Yeah, perhaps, but I'm more comfortable with Richard Holloway (and Jacques Derrida) on this - forgiveness is most itself when it forgives the unforgivable. In other words, forgiveness is hyperbolic, though we might want to say, 'gracious.' Perhaps the difference is more semantic than substantive but I prefer Holloway's approach.
ReplyDeleteYes, forgiveness is most real when (following Derrida) it is asymmetrical. Johnny Main wouldn't have disagreed I suspect.
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