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W.E.B. Du Bois

2 essays where W.E.B. Du Bois sits on the council. W.E.B. weighs in on identity, loneliness, self-knowledge. Read what W.E.B. would tell you.

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Identity

Why Do I Feel Invisible Even Around People Who Love Me?

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.

W.E.B. Du BoisVirginia WoolfEmily DickinsonIdentityLonelinessSelf-Knowledge

Ethics

When Is It Right to Break a Promise?

Three thinkers on broken promises. Russell says logic decides. Du Bois says justice overrides. Austen says character is what you do when keeping your word costs.

Bertrand RussellW.E.B. Du BoisJane AustenIntegrityCommitment

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Bertrand Russell Emily Dickinson Jane Austen Virginia Woolf Commitment Identity Integrity Loneliness Self-Knowledge

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