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“The main theme that figures as a leitmotif throughout this collection is the twin one of communication and interpretation. The salience of this theme registers Joe Friggieri’s conviction that speaking to and trying to understand one another are the distinguishing marks of the human, of what it is to be a person. For it is the primary way we manifest our respect for others and our recognition that they are creatures like ourselves. It is the way we implicitly acknowledge that, to recall Immanuel Kant’s famous phrase, we and they belong together in a ‘kingdom of ends’, and not one of ‘means’.” – David E. Cooper, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Durham University, UK
