A philosophy for life Desiring truth makes us human, but how do we find it? If we open ourselves to the world, we will discover that life is full of moments in which the truth, elusive but inescapable, bursts in to change our existence. As a result of her long stays in Africa and her knowledge of the continent, Teresa Langle reflects on life, loss, pain, the body and happiness. Indebted to the prose of Maria Zambrano, and rooted in the most solid philosophical tradition, Langle offers us an anchor to fix our existence, trapped in the whirlpools of the hard modernity. The author proposes an "ethics of truth" life is flashes of freedom, and living with serenity implies learning to recognize them. To do so, the first thing to do is to slow down, take a breath and let calm invade us and show us the fleeting wonders of events. Foreword by Doris Sommer.