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Page 48
... constitutes the self as intrinsically permeable to the sentiments of oth- ers . The presence of others , the opinion of " friends , " overwhelms the self . One's sense of things , even in men of judgment and discrimina- tion , appears ...
... constitutes the self as intrinsically permeable to the sentiments of oth- ers . The presence of others , the opinion of " friends , " overwhelms the self . One's sense of things , even in men of judgment and discrimina- tion , appears ...
Page 51
... constitutes the subject . This goes much further than you may think at first , because you can search for the sort of surface able to receive such inscriptions . You can perhaps see that the sphere , that old symbol for totality , is ...
... constitutes the subject . This goes much further than you may think at first , because you can search for the sort of surface able to receive such inscriptions . You can perhaps see that the sphere , that old symbol for totality , is ...
Page 52
... constitutes the presentability of the self and traces the mark of the other's judgment on and in it . Castration's cut renders the self presentable to the other , but it removes the self's " Nobler parts " from view . The operation ...
... constitutes the presentability of the self and traces the mark of the other's judgment on and in it . Castration's cut renders the self presentable to the other , but it removes the self's " Nobler parts " from view . The operation ...
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