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even against the backdrop of the complexity which characterises Benjamin's writing, Ursprung stands out as the preface itself is a major challenge to read. I keep going back and forth.

Yet I trust the sanity of my vessel
And if it sinks, it may well be an answer
To the reasoning of the eternal voices
The waves which have kept me from reaching you.

In pretrauma, people unconsciously suffer from an immobilizing anticipatory anxiety about the future.

There are interesting reasons for thinking that One-Way Street was Benjamin’s only real book, a box of chocolates that bear the warning : addictive substance!

Those who have the measure of their epistemically worth... have attitudes that promote making the best of whatever cognitive abilities they have and of their potential for improvements in two related senses.

They are able to accept their limitations without being resigned to them.

Having a well-calibrated sense of one’s intellectual abilities and limitations is necessary for being a good inquirer or epistemically agent.

many individuals fail in their aims because they do not make good evaluations of their intellectual strengths and weaknesses. Whilst sometimes misjudgments are the result of honest mistakes and other non-culpable shortcomings, oftentimes misjudgments flow from systematically biased thinking.