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Tuesday, June 19. 2012

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Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.


Sigmund Freud

Posted by Bird Dog in Quotidian Quotable Quote (QQQ) at 11:06 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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"Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. "

No, it's not. It's impossible. No one can be entirely honest with him/herself, because it's always colored by one's self-image, and no one's self-image is accurate.

Freud may have been a genius, but lines like that are a good illustration of how he was also occasionally a fool.
#1 wolfwalker on 2012-06-19 18:47 (Reply)
Oh bullshit, Walker. Freud was certainly bright enough to realize that honesty is a pursuit, not a destination.

To paraphrase the late great M. Scott Peck, mental health is the relentless pursuit of truth. He wrote a few of books about it, such is the validity of the premise
#2 Ten on 2012-06-19 21:19 (Reply)
Ha, two good comments.

I, without mercy, critique myself at least dozens of times a day. Not, necessarily, that I have been wrong, given circumstances. But could I have been more right.

Is that honesty or bullshit?

P.S.

My self image changes every day I wake up from the previous one. Consistency is a hobgoblin.
#3 XRay on 2012-06-19 22:35 (Reply)

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