I figure that, given our “thrownness,” as Heidegger called it, we should work hard to become as bewildered as possible by this strange state of affai… - James Morrow

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I figure that, given our “thrownness,” as Heidegger called it, we should work hard to become as bewildered as possible by this strange state of affairs, asking the most impertinent and audacious questions we can imagine. To do otherwise—and instead hand over the mystery of it all to dubious cults of expertise—is to waste one’s life, I feel.

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About James Morrow

James K. Morrow (born March 17, 1947) is an American novelist and short story writer.

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Alternative Names: James K. Morrow James Kenneth Morrow
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