RE: Does a "True Self" Exist?
July 5, 2015 at 1:11 pm
(This post was last modified: July 5, 2015 at 1:21 pm by Salacious B. Crumb.)
(July 5, 2015 at 11:59 am)whateverist Wrote: Whichever choices get made seem to take on a sense of inevitability over time. They get knit into the narrative of who we think we are.
I like those two lines Whateverist, and your whole response, because I agree that the choices we make, affect who we are. It sounds like the aspect of free will and “Is there free will?” comes into play when contemplating a ‘true self’.
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