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The Little Man in the Tower






                 I myself don't think that our brains do the experiencing, believing, hoping,
              feeling, etc. I think that "I" do those things and that I am not my brain. I'm closely
              related to my brain; so closely related that damage to my brain prevents from doing
              all of these things. But I'm distinct from my brain. What am I? As I see things, I'm
              a soul.




                 Dr. Tom Crisp


                 Department of Philosophy
                 The Florida State University







                 People do not like to be disturbed in their daily routine. People want order, they
              want to be in control, they want things to be as they like them to be. They cannot
              cope with insecurity and they are afraid of having no answers. They cling to their
              material possessions and their social positions. They would lose all this if there
              were no external reality. And people are afraid of being alone, of having to deal
              with these questions all on their own. They do not trust their own powers of
              thinking and they are not free. And they don't know who they really are, they
              define themselves by things outside of them.


                 That's why [they avoid discussing this matter].




                 Birte Schelling

                 Department of Philosophy

                 University of Hamburg



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