Topic

Trust

2 essays on trust from the Consilium journal. Featuring Esther Perel, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Eleanor Roosevelt. Each pits three thinkers against one hard question.


Relationships

How Do You Know If You Should Give Someone a Second Chance?

Perel says trust is built in actions not promises. Dostoevsky says suffering can genuinely change a person. Roosevelt says only you can decide what you will accept.

Esther PerelFyodor DostoevskyEleanor RooseveltForgivenessTrust

Relationships

How Do You Trust Someone Again After They've Hurt You?

Three thinkers disagree about rebuilding trust. Satir says start with yourself. Spinoza says understand the cause. bell hooks says love is a practice, not a feeling.

Virginia SatirBaruch Spinozabell hookstrustvulnerability

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Baruch Spinoza Eleanor Roosevelt Esther Perel Fyodor Dostoevsky Virginia Satir bell hooks Forgiveness vulnerability

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