On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 2:46:13 AM UTC+1, E. Nygma wrote:
> And yet, I am not enough for me. How can I trust my own sense of self? In order to truly exist, I need to feel as if others believe that I exist. Isn't that more or less true of everyone? Maybe it's just me, but I think there has to be more than the self in order for there to be a self.
Yes, if we and our ancestors had not evolved in interaction with others we would be very different, probably rather impoverished, if conscious at all.