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Slavoj Zizek on leaving to desire to know oneself—
“The obsessive desire to know yourself is itself a pathology. You're not healed when you wholly understand yourself but when you don't matter to yourself anymore. You're healed once you internalize you must fight for something bigger than yourself…you can finally forget about yourself and work for a greater cause.”
— Sep 13, 2026 08:40PM
“The obsessive desire to know yourself is itself a pathology. You're not healed when you wholly understand yourself but when you don't matter to yourself anymore. You're healed once you internalize you must fight for something bigger than yourself…you can finally forget about yourself and work for a greater cause.”
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