novembre ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- conscious aim "Reinhold Niebuhr is not famed as easy reading, but is at times a study in precision as when he says, 'The self does not realize itself most fully when self-realization is its conscious aim'' and of conscious says, 'We will define it provisionally at least as capacity to view itself and judge obligation in contrast with inclination.'" -Marianne Moore, [quoting Reinhold Niebuhr in her essay] Idiosyncrasy and Technique 4:37 pm - 02.28.06 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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