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Doubts & Motives ©1998 NICOLEA
Doubts
As you proceed through this program, you may wonder if the event happened in the way you have recalled it, and you may be concerned whether you are being fair or not in the way you have represented those in the past event.
Nicolas Poussin The ashes of phocion collected by his widow 1648
Phocion was a great Athenian general and statesman of the 4th
century BC. He was executed for treason on a false charge
contrived by his political enemies. His body was ignominiously
ordered out of Athens to Megara where it was burnt. In this
painting his grieving wife is shown collecting his ashes.
Motives
You may even doubt your motives and question what you have said, but you will find that these concerns, while legitimate, are not as significant when compared with understanding just why you are presently thinking in this way.
Indeed, you may change your account of this and other events as often as you deem necessary and for each version you will learn something that is significant.
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