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It is in intentionality and will that the human being experiences his identity. "I" is the "I" of "I can." Descartes was wrong when he wrote, "I think, therefore I am," for identity does not come out of thinking as such, and certainly not out of intellectualization. Descartes' formulation leaves out exactly the variable that is most significant: it jumps from thought to identity, when what actually occurs is the intermediate variable of "I can." What happens in human experiences is "I conceive-I can-I will-I am." The "I can" and "I will" are the essential experiences of identity. -- Rollo May |
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