The iconic image, from a million movies and cartoons, is of a person with an angel over one shoulder and the devil over the other.
The alternative view keeps the angel and the devil, but casts aside the person in between. The competing selves are not over your shoulder, but inside your head: the angel and the devil, the self who wants to be slim and the one who wants to eat the cake, all exist within one person.
This pull quote chosen from many good ones in the article because it echoes the quote at the top of this blog.
1 comment:
I like the bit about kids being upset by their imaginary friends. That's hilarious....Stinking Charlie Ravioli was too busy to play.
I heard a different story about many selves inside a person once; I think his name was Legion.
You were right-- I really liked this article.
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