Comments on: A New Sense of Selfhood: Selections from Dupré http://percaritatem.com/2006/02/21/a-new-sense-of-selfhood-selections-from-dupre/ Non intratur in veritatem nisi per caritatem. St. Augustine Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:32:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Cynthia Nielsen http://percaritatem.com/2006/02/21/a-new-sense-of-selfhood-selections-from-dupre/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Cynthia Nielsen Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:57:00 +0000 http://pc.managemyquotes.com/?p=35#comment-147 Thanks, Clay, for helping us to connect these posts with our existential experiences. I've had similar conversations with some of students. Thanks, Clay, for helping us to connect these posts with our existential experiences. I’ve had similar conversations with some of students.

]]> By: C. Stirling Bartholomew http://percaritatem.com/2006/02/21/a-new-sense-of-selfhood-selections-from-dupre/comment-page-1/#comment-142 C. Stirling Bartholomew Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:58:00 +0000 http://pc.managemyquotes.com/?p=35#comment-142 "In contradistinction with the ancient self, the modern self 'defines reality, rather than being defined by it' (p. 46)"<br/><br/>A while back I was walking and talking with a twenty-something student and I was complaining about missing my old German walking friend who had died a year earlier. She replied "Depending on what you believe you might see him again." <br/><br/>I spent some time contemplating this comment. I don't think she was formulating a strict axiom, in other words, a charitable reading of her remark could view it as a way of saying something quite acceptable to an orthodox christian theist. However I suspect that this "charitable reading" would run the danger of missing a significant difference between her world view and my own. <br/><br/>Given her age, cultural and educational background, I suspected that she probably views "reality" as a social construct and in some manner thinks you can produce your own reality by believing it. Having had several hours of conversation since that statement it seems that she is engaged in a quest to construct a personal reality.<br/><br/>Clay “In contradistinction with the ancient self, the modern self ‘defines reality, rather than being defined by it’ (p. 46)”

A while back I was walking and talking with a twenty-something student and I was complaining about missing my old German walking friend who had died a year earlier. She replied “Depending on what you believe you might see him again.”

I spent some time contemplating this comment. I don’t think she was formulating a strict axiom, in other words, a charitable reading of her remark could view it as a way of saying something quite acceptable to an orthodox christian theist. However I suspect that this “charitable reading” would run the danger of missing a significant difference between her world view and my own.

Given her age, cultural and educational background, I suspected that she probably views “reality” as a social construct and in some manner thinks you can produce your own reality by believing it. Having had several hours of conversation since that statement it seems that she is engaged in a quest to construct a personal reality.

Clay

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