{"id":8505,"date":"2013-09-05T11:29:43","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T11:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/09\/05\/temptation-2\/"},"modified":"2013-09-05T11:29:43","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T11:29:43","slug":"temptation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/09\/05\/temptation-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Temptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">A striking one or two sentence formulation taken from a wider context is not an aphorism, strictly speaking.&#0160; But I&#39;m in a loose and liberal mood.&#0160; So I present for your consideration and delectation the following sentence from <a href=\"http:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Ludwig_Landsberg\" target=\"_self\">Paul Ludwig Landsberg<\/a> (1901-1944).&#0160; It is from his essay &quot;The Moral Problem of Suicide,&quot; translated from the French by Cynthia Rowland and bound together with &quot;The Experience of Death&quot; 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