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In the main it is not by introspection but by reflecting on our living in common with others that we come to know ourselves. What is revealed? It is an original creation. Freely the subject makes himself what he is never in this life is the making finished always it is in process always it is a precarious achievement that can slip and fall and shatter.
In the main it is not by introspection but by reflecting on our living in common with others that we come to know ourselves. What is revealed? It is an original creation. Freely the subject makes himself what he is never in this life is the making finished always it is in process always it is a precarious achievement that can slip and fall and shatter.
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- Bernard Lonergan
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