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偷懒地干活 As Sartre has often told us, an individual’s life is constituted by his or her choices. An individual wills himself/herself into being what he/she is. Tillich: “Man’s being is not only given to him but also demanded of him. He is responsible for it; literally, he is required to answer, if he is asked, what he has made of himself. He who asks him is his judge, namely he himself. Th...
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