Books · 1944
Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
— Saul Bellow · Dangling Man
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
This says being good isn't something you can manage alone in isolation. It takes other people around you, and it works best when love is present. Goodness, in this view, is a shared, lived thing rather than a private achievement.
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