The Moment that Changed Everything in my Life: Self-Discovery
Words: 2022 Pages: 7 1601The 'Moment That Changed Everything': Understanding the Self through Philosophy and Experience I always thought of the idea of the self as something intangible, a given that I assumed everyone understood and therefore didn’t have to question. After reading Descartes’ Meditations, I found that my experiences and understanding of my “self” directly involved how I interpreted my past and how I decided that it would determine my future. Schechtman’s paper on “Personal Identity and The Past” was a really thought-provoking […]