Wittgenstein asked whether I cared for them, and knowing how he valued sincerity, I told him that in truth they were dreadful.
By 152 even the value of sincerity has worn thin for him: "I'm not saying that WS's feelings are not sincere; I am saying I don't believe they needed sharing".
The value of sincerity is of great importance, now more than ever, as we are surrounded by tales, stories, and gossip, selling us such things as immediate ascension, new "light bodies," cataclysmic futures, and so on.
I have to accept at face value the sincerity of his apology.
But without in any way questioning the value or sincerity of these statements, many people want to know whether these condemnations, voiced to non-Muslim audiences at a moment of crisis, are consistently and systematically communicated to primarily Muslim populations.
He refuses to toast Zverkov and then makes a passive-aggressive speech about how he loathes people who use empty phrases or tell dirty stories, and how he values "truth, sincerity and honesty".
In short, what's valued is sincerity, and monetizing sincerity is like pouring salt on a slug.
In this Williams argues, against such deniers of the possibility or importance of objective truth as the pragmatist Richard Rorty and the deconstructionist Jacques Derrida, that it is indispensable to any human society to accept both truth and truthfulness as values, and sincerity and accuracy as corresponding virtues.
We get to choose between a Christian who is associated with the radical fundamentalist "Fellowship," vs. someone like Bernie Sanders who has done the unpopular thing by not only admitting that he is "not particularly religious," but also vocally speaks out in favor of our shared humanist and secular values with sincerity.
"The extraordinary development of China-Zimbabwe relations shows that our friendship is rooted in the cultural tradition of our two countries that values sincerity and friendship," said Mr Xi, who will travel on to South Africa on Thursday.
Directed and designed by the British Tony winner John Doyle with a muted palette (not a trace of purple!) that values sincerity of feeling over showboating theatrics, the staging commendably refuses to stoop to the sentimentality that threatens to overwhelm a plot-heavy scenario at almost every turn.
