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. - Thomas Szasz (1920 - 2012): The Second Sin
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人々はしばしば、この人やあの人はまだ自己を発見していないと言う。しかしその自己は、人が発見するものではない；人が創造するものだ。 - トーマス・サズ (1920 - 2012): 『第二の罪』
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