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Burning Conscience: The Case of the Hiroshima Pilot

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Letters of a pilot at Hiroshima to the German philosopher expose the effects of guilt

139 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1961

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Claude Eatherly

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November 18, 2024
después d tener una clase sobre hans jonas m resultó muy fácil leer este libro y sobre todo entender todo lo q quería decir (puede q fuese igual d sencillo aunq no hubiese tenido esa clase, ahora nunca lo sabremos). es triste q, dp d hiroshima (y nagasaki), d la culpa d eatherly, d su laborioso trabajo con günther, d sus ganas d salvar a la humanidad, sigamos igualmente al borde del abismo climático-bélico. o puede q ya estuviesemos en las profundidades d ese abismo si no hubiese habido gente como ellos.

como no puedo no ser superficial comentaré q era realmente tierno leer cómo se transmitían mutuamente ánimo y cariño, sin haberse conocido nunca en persona y considerando al otro como un verdadero amigo (y q lo transmitiesen sin miedo a la vulnerabilidad)
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December 24, 2019
Fascinating correspondence between a philosopher and a pilot who probably was the first to become "guiltlessly guilty". Good also as a way to grasp today's era in a different way, courtesy of Günther Anders' philosophy that he lays out in simple terms in some of the letters.
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