sábado, 30 de outubro de 2010

Auto-conhecimento

Félix Nadar, Autoportrait tournant (c. 1865, Bibliothèque Nationale de France).
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«For my part, when I enter most intimately into what I call myself, I always stumble on some particular perception or other, of heat or cold, light or shade, love or hatred, pain or pleasure. I never can catch myself at any time without a perception, and never can observe anything but the perception. (…) If anyone, upon serious and unprejudiced reflection thinks he has a different notion of himself, I must confess I call reason no longer with him. All I can allow him is, that he may be in the right as well as I, and that we are essentially different in this particular. He may, perhaps, perceive something simple and continued, which he calls himself; though I am certain there is no such principle in me».
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David Hume (1739).

4 comentários:

AC disse...

Margarida,
É um autêntico privilégio poder aceder aos seus blogues, tal a sua qualidade. Obrigado.
Tenho comentado pouco ou nada, mas acompanho sempre que posso.

Beijo :)

ana disse...

Margarida,
Gostei do texto.
Bom Domingo! :)

APS disse...

Admiro, Margarida, a sua capacidade para conseguir citações que casam, lindamente,com as imagens. Sei, por experiência, o quanto isso é difícil...

Margarida Elias disse...

Obrigada a todos! Bom Domingo!