Who am I to myself? Just a feeling of mine.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker reduces their entire selfhood to a single feeling.
- In plain terms
- I am only a feeling inside.
- What can you take from it?
- Emotional experience may be the truest part of self.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are you more than your feelings?
- What feels most like you?
Another view
It ignores physical or rational aspects of the self.
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