The Key Route to Self Knowledge

David Frum: Do we have to throw out introspection, or do we get to keep it in some form? He says ancient stoic practices of self knowledge often involved writing inventories of what a person did throughout the day. Even though the person themselves is taking stock and writing about their experiences, they are also writing about their daily life he says. "I think we see that self knowledge is actually knowledge of a world"

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