It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The self thus becomes aware of itself, at least in its practical action, and discovers itself as a cause among other causes and as an object subject to the same laws as other objects.
The discovery of various phenomena has led to a recognition of the fact that the chemical atom is an individual which again is itself made up of several units into a selfcontained whole.
Deep down, there is in the substance of the cosmos a primordial disposition, sui generis, for self-arrangement and self-involution.
Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.
Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.
Our sense of self is a kind of construct. It is in some ways like a novel, and it's like a fabric of fictions that we patch together from memory.
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.
We need a self because the complexity of the chemical processes that make up our individual humanities exceeds the processing power of our brains.
The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic distinguishes it from other objects and from the body.
Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God.