It's one family's story, but in understanding their story we understand ourselves and our own ragged, imperfect families better too.
Whereas up to then lived experience had been assumed to provide us an understanding of ourselves, now Dilthey asserts that we understand ourselves only by means of our objectifications.
Flanagan believes that's not really how we understand ourselves, or the world around us. "We always have some understanding of an ending, but it's trying to understand how we came to that point that consumes us".
We understand him, finally, no better than we understand ourselves.
The loss of regional data raises questions about how well we understand ourselves as a nation.
It changes the way we understand ourselves and our most intimate relationships.
The more we understand ourselves, the less likely we are to have a car crash".
But stories are important: they inform how we understand ourselves and each other.
Few things better illustrate how little we understand ourselves than the mysteries of sleep.
We are embodied creatures and we understand ourselves by interacting with our environment physically and mentally.
For power is never simply a possession but an exercise; power is about how we understand ourselves.
