Things That Bother Me by Galen Strawson (Book Summary) | Sloww
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Things That Bother Me by Galen Strawson (Book Summary) | Sloww
Gilbert argues that we’re bedeviled by a “fundamental misconception about the power of time” and a dangerous misconception known as “the end of history illusion” — at any point along our personal journey, we tend to believe that who we are at that moment is the final destination of our becoming. Which, of course, is not only wrong but a source of m... See more
Maria Popova • The Psychology of Your Future Self and How Your Present Illusions Hinder Your Future Happiness
The thing about chameleoning your way through life is that it gets to where nothing is real.
John Green • An Abundance of Katherines
There is no inch of my brain matter the same as it was ten years ago. But if I have saved a man in battle ten years ago, I am proud; if I have run away, I am ashamed. That there is such a paramount “I” is unproved and unprovable.
G. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
Striving to be who I take myself to be is not a task that can be completed or a goal that can be achieved. Rather, striving to be myself is intrinsic to any form of practical and existential identity. I cannot have a practical identity without continuing to try to have a practical identity, and I cannot have an existential identity without continui
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