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Self-reflection is what makes us human

Self-reflection is what makes us human

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Gary A Schlueter
May 27, 2025
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Not much of what I've read by Pierre Tielhard de Chardin has stuck in my memory, but one thing is welded there, his thoughts on self-reflection. The cosmic Catholic de Chardin believed human self-reflection “is a unique and crucial element in the evolution of consciousness and the cosmos.” Notice he says it is not just human conscio…

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