Thought for the day by Charles Handy on the meaning of truth and how life involves living with and using different kinds of truths. Handy begins the thought focusing on the idea of the "actualite," which may be interpreted to mean having some economy with the truth. He proceeds to discuss the extent to which truth can be negotiated in everyday discourse, and the difference between lying and concealing. Handy goes on to locate "actualite" in the idea of backward-looking truth, while forward-looking truth operates as an ideal or vision of what could be. He then states that life should mean living with the two sorts of truths in an ongoing balance and harmony.
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Thought for the day by Charles Handy on the meaning of truth and how life involves living with and using different kinds of truths, March 11, 1994; Charles Handy Papers; Box 18, Folder 10; 1 page
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