material falsehood, and my word is nevertheless untrue because I am destroying and undermining the reality of the relationship between husband and wife, or supervisor and subordinate, etc. The single word is always a portion of an entire reality that seeks expression in the word. Depending on the person to whom I am speaking, the person who is questioning me, or what I am discussing, my word, if it seeks to be truthful, must vary. A truthful word is not an entity constant in itself but is as lively