The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) / quote 35 of 254

Mere constructs versus real constructions

idea of the self as a construction is one that many want to resist, because it seems to imply that it is not real. But of course constructions can be perfectly real. It is important to distinguish between ‘mere constructs’, which exist solely as ideas, and real constructions, which we pick up, use and live in. The ‘average American…

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