Odd, though, all these dealings of mine with myself. First I’ve agreed a principle with myself, now I’m making out a case to myself, and debating my own feelings and intentions with myself. Who is this self, this phantom internal partner, with whom I’m entering into all these arrangements? (I ask myself.) Michael Frayn
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I have a self – a self inside me – who is arguing with me. I cannot seem to make up my mind about what I want. I want to make a decision, but I can’t make up my mind. Are these reflections of my own conscious mind or the unconscious mind? In the first section, this sentence touches upon the issues of reason and intuition.

The individual will admit that he has been considering the issues from both sides of the coin – from reason and intuition. He knows he needs to consider the facts and the facts alone, but his instincts and feelings seem to be telling him otherwise. He can’t seem to agree with himself and for that matter, he doesn’t seem to understand how or why he can’t agree with himself.

Source: Headlong

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