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Read & copy the quotation
“Our inner being, which we call ourself, no eye nor touch of man or angel has ever pierced.”
- Source
- Solitude of Self
- Date
- 1892
Meaning of “Our inner being, which we call ourself, no…”
The private interior of a person cannot be fully occupied by anyone else; Stanton uses that irreducible inwardness to ground responsibility, dignity, and the need for independent development.
Where does it come from?
Solitude of Self; Stanton’s concluding meditation on the “solitude of self” describes an inward domain inaccessible even to the people who love or protect us.
