On Giving Up - Adam Phillips (PB) cinema the 120th edition of Rouleur

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On Giving Up - Adam Phillips (PB) cinema the 120th edition of RouleurTo give up or not to give up? The question can feel inescapable but the answer is never simple. Giving up our supposed vices is one thing; giving up on life itself is quite another. One form of self sacrifice feels positive, something to admire and aspire to, while the other is profoundly unsettling, if not actively undesirable. There are always, it turns out, both good and bad sacrifices, but it is not always clear beforehand which is which. We give