The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) / quote 102 of 254

We are the sum of our roles

So the theatrical metaphor makes no sense if it posits the real self as the off-stage actor. The other interpretation is suggested by Jacques in As You Like It: that we are ‘merely players’. We are the sum of our roles, no more and no less.

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