The Absent Self
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by Christopher Horner Insist on your self; never imitate. —Emerson How can a man of consciousness have the slightest respect for himself? —Dostoevsky The key promise of the modern world was the freedom of the individual. It was the motivating cry of the great revolutions of the modern age, meaning two things, at least: first,…