Ignorance Of Our True Seves: Comparing Freud And The Greeks

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When it comes to Freud and the Greeks I agree with both. The Greeks do provide this concept that we do know ourselves because we spend all of our lives learning on what we believe is right or wrong. Also the idea that we care about what others think about ourselves plays a major role because we analyze our values and ideas compared to the people around you. On the other hand, when it comes to Freud he is trying to explain that we can only know ourselves to a certain extent. The idea that we ignorant of our true selves speaks volumes that we are changing aspects about ourselves everyday or in certain social situations. The Greeks have said that we can only know ourselves to a reasonable accuracy. When it comes to the phrase reasonable accuracy

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