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[lightning9191]

Originally Posted by hotreds

Pre-supposing a soft-determinist/compatibalist world, (i.e. The willing in “the world” is limited by pre-existent social structures/physical limits to finite choice-options) which this author appears to adhere to, (as well as being a materialist I suppose) the “self” (i.e. The “I” or ego) is shaped, in part, by these pre-existent “structures” that we are castaway into/ our pre-determined genetic organization/ and our finite will imposing, and intruding into the pre-existents, thus altering the pre-existents, which in turn, alter the self. Ad infinitum. It appears, to my thinking at least, that these three “aspects” (e.g. the self/will/pre-existent social structures) work in an inter-dependent relationship.

This thread totally makes sense now. Thank you for clearing it up.