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"Essence-shame is man's lever on himself.

Shame of a weakness implies the presence of a strength.

He who feels ashamed of slavery can win freedom.

He who feels ashamed of ignorance can attain knowledge.

He who feels ashamed of nothingness can be.

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We should have a strong and vivid true sense
of actuality. We should have a strong and
vivid true sense of potentiality.

We should have a strong and vivid true sense
of ourselves as wholes, made up of both
actualities and potentialities.

I would call this last mentioned sense a sans
of oneself. Also, I would call it a sense
of reality.

Modern man is losing his sense of potentialit
as regards himself. Hence he is losing his
sense of himself and of reality.

We are lopsidedly concerned with actualities.

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(We should have a strong and vivid true sense of actuality. We should have a strong and vivid true sense of

I would call this last mentioned sense a sense of oneself. Also, I would call it a sense of reality.

Modern man is losing his sense of potent iality as regards himself. Hence he is losing his sense of himself and of

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