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Posted: 29 Jul 2023

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Standing on the edge of a cliff

Standing on the edge of a cliff
Dostoevsky must have told himself that there is virtue in imagining something awful so vividly, like standing on the edge of a cliff and picturing what it would be like to leap into the abyss. The French call the compulsion ‘l’aapel du vide’ – the call of the void. It’s the desire to experience the awful magnitude of such a small step, to glimpse another world of consequences just for a moment, perhaps to ensure that you will never actually do it. ~ Page 7

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