The two rivals now care only about one thing:
which of them will be recognized
by the opinion of this small audience
as the possessor of the truth,
for to be proved wrong
means for each of them the same thing
as losing his honour.
Or losing a piece of his own self.
The opinion they advocate
is itself not all that important to them.
But because once they have made this opinion
an attribute of their self,
attacking it
is like stabbing a part of their body.
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which of them will be recognized
by the opinion of this small audience
as the possessor of the truth,
for to be proved wrong
means for each of them the same thing
as losing his honour.
Or losing a piece of his own self.
The opinion they advocate
is itself not all that important to them.
But because once they have made this opinion
an attribute of their self,
attacking it
is like stabbing a part of their body.
page 136
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