2007-06-12 15:56:55 · 19 answers · asked by Get Smart™ 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
No. I've learned this from personal experience. I tried to shape my beliefs and personality to fit into a certain group of people, but in the end I just ended up miserable. I've now learned to embrace the real me and never pretend to be someone I'm not again.
2007-06-12 17:58:31 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The question is Can A be -A. On the surface it is impossible, since -A is the opposite of A, however on a deeper level we are capable of fooling ourselves into thinking that we are just about anything. We as humans have a uniquie ability to convince ourselves into thinking that we are or are not like the forms and concepts mesh together to form our understanding of the world. So Can A believe that it is -A, yes, Can A be -A, no.
Hope this helps.
2007-06-12 23:10:58 · answer #2 · answered by Arthur N 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes! Most definitely and I strongly believe, for a simple reason, my mother is the one, because she has been calling herself religious all her life, truly speaking that's what how I saw her all my life, but today after all these years, I have learnt that she is NOT because "IF" she was she would not have done things to me, what she did.
These are the biggest hypocrites, that say one thing and do another, they can be your worst enemy and stab you in your back.
Believe me this is my own birth mother, she is 80 years old, and she has done things that you wouldn't want to know or hear and yes it hurts.
2007-06-12 23:29:00 · answer #3 · answered by Naaz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The concept is also known as duality or polarities.
It is argued in some philosophies and psychologies that we posses both sides of any trait that can be ascribed to us.
Most of mental anguish is argued as being the result of this duality.
2007-06-12 23:41:39 · answer #4 · answered by guru 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
According to Jung, we all have a "shadow" side-- the "flipside" to all of our outwardly expressed personality traits. For some people, they work hard to express certain traits while repressing others. So, yes, in some cases, who we really are is not the version of ourselves that is most often expressed.
2007-06-12 23:10:33 · answer #5 · answered by AmyBlue77 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i am who i am but i am also who i'm not...sometimes you gotta put on a face and smile even if you dont want too.. some people bring out something in you....you didnt think existed but deep inside where it matters.. thats where you cant pretend or act to be something you really dont feel or can be!
2007-06-13 04:55:11 · answer #6 · answered by Fia 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not unless who you are is no longer you. Which, if we agree that we are using Oxford Standard Dictionary definitions of "Not", "unless","who","you" , "are" , "is" , "no" "longer" and "you", is impossible. You are who you are, and you will not change, even though the circumstances around you and actions that you perform do.
2007-06-13 01:12:35 · answer #7 · answered by Born at an early age 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. That would be in the least a non sequitur and at most a preposterous notion and impossibility.
2007-06-16 18:54:13 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think so, its just like defining a letter with negative (white) space instead of positive (black) space. All of the infinite things that I am not, is me.
2007-06-12 23:14:11 · answer #9 · answered by neuralzen 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you cannot be who you're not if you are not who you are. unless you try it just one time to be who you are not and you do it twice, then thrice then again and again till it becomes a norm
2007-06-17 08:35:06 · answer #10 · answered by pau 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋