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One theme of Annscrong's recent work has been the distinction betvvecn two forrns of knowing chat she caUs h�{!M and 111ytlws. Logos describes a kind of truth that strives for objectivity through the use of ciitical reason, while mythos desc1ibcs a truth whose purpose is to overcome our subjective sense of separateness from the world and other Living beings. Though past societies understood the distinction between the two, Ami.strong contends that in our time both skeptics and religious people treat 111y1li