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"I often use my nose to smell, but do I have a right to that nose?"

"I often use my nose to smell, but do I have a right to that nose?"

The Ego and Its Own, Part II, Ch. 2.1 “My Power”

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Jul 12, 2021
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Hi Friends,

 I hope you had a great week. In the context of this week’s reading, I was thinking about the phrase “taking the moral high ground” which usually means something along the lines of “we will come across as better people, and so win the contest.” It’s an odd phrase because it conflates language about ethics with language about war. The “high g…

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