6 essays on self-knowledge from the Consilium journal. Featuring Hannah Arendt, Oliver Sacks, Virginia Satir. Each pits three thinkers against one hard question.
Arendt says identity shows up in action not reflection. Sacks says what you call loss may be a reorganization. Satir says the self is always speaking; learn the language.
Three thinkers on growth and escape. James says test it against what actually changes. Dostoevsky says your secret motive is waiting. Horney says the idealized self is the first thing to go.
Three thinkers on feeling unseen. Du Bois names the gap between self and perception. Woolf asks what the people who love you can actually hold. Dickinson says some invisibility is chosen.
Three thinkers on love versus attachment. Girard asks if desire spiked when threatened. Austen asks if you see them clearly. Schopenhauer says nature is partly responsible.
Three thinkers on the crisis of self-knowledge. James says you have many selves. Zhuangzi says the self is a dream. Perls says stop performing and just notice.
You have been here before. Murdoch says your ego is building pictures. Skinner says it is conditioning. Follett asks whether you have tried integration.
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