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“vulnerable” and “woundable,’ but only “around the bounds” because I have
also become aware of the boundaries between life and death, between oneself.
(life) and the other (death).
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank the Swiss National Science Foundation (126959, 144541) for
funding my research.
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