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Truthfulness Under Oath Is, By Now, A Matter Of Our Civic Religion, Our Relation To Our Fellow Citizens Rather Than Our Relation To A Nonhuman Power.
-Richard Rorty
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Truthfulness Under Oath Is, By
Richard Rorty
Truthfulness Under Oath Is, By Now, A Matter Of Our Civic Religion, Our Relation To Our Fellow Citizens Rather Than Our Relation To A Nonhuman Power.
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