What does it mean to be human?<\/p>\n
The answer lies between the physical and the metaphysical (spirit), somewhere in the mind, but it might be unknowable.<\/p>\n
However, it is\u00a0 possible to get closer to knowing yourself, and as Socrates observed two and a half millennia ago, that it the foundation of meaning in life.<\/p>\n
This brief by The Economist is worth a\u00a0 review:\u00a0 What is consciousness? The Hard Problem<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What does it mean to be human? The answer lies between the physical and the metaphysical (spirit), somewhere in the mind, but it might be unknowable. However, it is\u00a0 possible to get closer to knowing yourself, and as Socrates observed two and a half millennia ago, that it the foundation of meaning in life. This …
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