The guarantee that our self enjoys an intended relation to the outer w…

John Updike
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The guarantee that our self enjoys an intended relation to the outer world is most, if not all, we ask from religion. God is the self projected onto reality by our natural and necessary optimism. He is the not-me personified. ✨ John Updike (1989). Self-consciousness: memoirs, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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The guarantee that our self enjoys an intended relation to the outer world is most, if not all, we ask from religion. God is the self projected onto reality by our natural and necessary optimism. He is the not-me personified. ✨ John Updike (1989). Self-consciousness: memoirs, Alfred a Knopf Inc

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