Vergeving by Vladimir Jankélévitch
A compact philosophical meditation on the paradox of forgiveness, arguing that forgiving is at once necessary and morally irreducible: it cannot be reduced to legal absolution, forgetting, or a duty, nor can it be commanded, yet it can transform the relation between victim and offender. The work probes whether and how one can forgive the seemingly unforgivable, examines the roles of repentance, memory, and conscience, and treats forgiveness as an often agonizing, singular gift that both acknowledges the reality of the wrong and refuses to let it exhaust the human bond. Through lyrical analysis the author explores the ethical and metaphysical stakes of pardon, showing how forgiveness preserves responsibility without cancelling guilt and demands a trembling, personal judgment rather than a rule.
- Published
- 1967
- Nationality
- French
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- French
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- Forgiveness
- Le pardon
- Vergeving
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