It had been lingering on my mind all day. I had considered different terms. The duality of man comes to mind. The concept is right, but good and evil are too extreme. Yin and Yang come next. Pretty much the same concept. This is where I realize I’m a bit weak with philosophy.
The question comes into focus while I’m fishing on the beach at sunset. It’s that time at dusk when the sky is still full of fire in the west, but it’s softened to the point where planets, followed by the stars, begin their…
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