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VeryNearlyAnArmful t1_j11euz8 wrote

I conform to this non-conformity.

Therein lies the dilemma. Ooh, NEW traditions!

Define the integrity of your own mind, Are you different when you wake up every morning? No. You're the same you. When you change your mind about something - say, I no longer think Ralph Waldo Emerson has a valid point about the integrity of the mind and self-reliance- am I being less me or more me by denying his definition of me?

His confabulation of mental states and the physical, real-world reality of many people seem to be at odds.

What does greatness mean? World's biggest serial killer? Celebrity? Wealth? Loving my girlfriend more than you love yours? Most greatly questioning Emerson's aphorism?

What does self-reliance mean? The government produces (nearly) all the money in circulation. Even if you refuse to use money the value of the things you are exchanging comes down to dollars or pounds or euros, whether you use them or no except in a few teeny tiny circumstances.

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Bigfrostynugs t1_j15hgh3 wrote

>Define the integrity of your own mind, Are you different when you wake up every morning?

Yes.

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VeryNearlyAnArmful t1_j1a7lbc wrote

Well done you. The rest of humanity wakes up and reassembles themselves and the world as we know it almost the same way every morning.

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Bigfrostynugs t1_j1a9rgw wrote

>Well done you. The rest of humanity wakes up and reassembles themselves and the world as we know it almost the same way every morning.

If it's "almost the same" then by definition you are different every morning too.

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