Posted by DEECEE (64.12.96.11) on January 13, 2003 at 23:05:11:
In Reply to: Re: The usual: 5w4 or 4w5 posted by Interlocking (63.249.100.136) on January 11, 2003 at 12:32:30:
I started to talk to the woman you turned me on the enneagram....the best thing she ever said to me ...was....you are not an eight...your are Danny...your misgivings elude you...
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DEECEE
> > by understanding the world you can understand yourself better...
> > but by understanding yourself, you only really understand one perspective
> > which won't help you understand other people who have entirely different
> > perspectives... so it does not necessarilly enhance your understanding of
> > the world.
> Quite true. But in order to understand the world, you must also understand your own biases about the world, and therefore self-understanding is necessary to prevent as much skewing of viewpoint as possible. If the self-understanding is merely understanding of a single perspective, then it is not self-understanding. The world also includes much more than people.