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If tolerance and kindness and acceptance and love are political, then I guess I am political.

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In constructing our narratives, we identify which particular events or experiences were formative or transformative. In telling our stories, we also claim some authority over our own experiences and their meanings.

Events, Experiences, Identify, Narrative, Particular, Stories
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The narrative that each person tells herself and others is a big part of how we construct our self-identities. It's one of the most important ways that we make sense of our past and present and understand our hopes for the future.

Hopes, Important, Narrative, Past, Self, Ways

Above all else, philosophy ought to aim for clarification - of the self, one's place in the world, and the ways we make meaning. Philosophy, when practiced well, can be useful. It can enable us to grapple in productive ways with questions about the meaning of life and who I am and how I want to be in the world.

Grapple, Philosophy, Questions, Self, Useful, Who I Am

An evolutionary biologist and a fundamentalist may see the same chimpanzee sitting in a cage, but in another important way, they do not. And they may approach the details of their lives in very different ways.

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The world we all share is the same in important respects. But in some deep ways, the lived world and its meanings are radically different.

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Anxiety is the dizziness we experience when we recognize we hold the freedom and responsibility for our life choices. More than anyone, alcoholics have a very clear sense of this dizziness, especially when we were coming to realize our own powerlessness over alcohol and that we could act differently.

Alcohol, Anxiety, Choices, Responsibility
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