Re:Uncovered Euripides fragments are 'kind of a big deal'
by adolph on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @09:42AM
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>> everyone tries [to be a non-crap person]
> People try and fit in publicly so that they’re seen to be good by their group
These statements are not in disagreement.
“People who live in society have learnt how to see themselves, in mirrors, as they appear to their friends.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea [0]
> requires accepting some things that you know are bad
Light is the head that accepts one's own doing as "bad." Moreoften I think people face inner resistance stemming from the cognitive dissonance between the unknowable "own standards" and the very legible external standards.[1, 2]
> People try and fit in publicly so that they’re seen to be good by their group
These statements are not in disagreement.
> requires accepting some things that you know are badLight is the head that accepts one's own doing as "bad." Moreoften I think people face inner resistance stemming from the cognitive dissonance between the unknowable "own standards" and the very legible external standards.[1, 2]
0. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/548471-people-who-live-in-s...
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_(psychology)
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicameral_mentality