When you are not at home in your self, as a child, you don't experience your...

When you are not at home in your self, as a child, you don't experience your self as "natural" or "inevitable"-as so many other people seem to do-and this, though melancholy at the time, can come with certain distinct advantages. Not to take yourself as a natural, unquestionable entity can lead you in turn to become aware of the radical contingency of life in general, its supremely accidental nature.

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