"Consciousness makes the individual careful to maintain his……" — Arthur Schopenhauer

"Consciousness makes the individual careful to maintain his own existence; and if this were not so, there would be no surety for the preservation of the species. From all this it is clear that individuality is not a form of perfection, but rather a limitation; and so to be freed from it is not loss but gain."

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