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Letter: Sorry, there is no you, only what you do

Published 4 January 2023

From Rhiannon Rual, Llanfwrog, Denbighshire, UK

Daniel Cossins wants to find out his true nature. Any existentialist would tell you that this is a fruitless exercise, as there is no essential you. Instead, you are free to embrace self-determination through your actions. As for letting others define who you are, I leave the response to Jean-Paul Sartre: “L’enfer, c’est les autres!” (hell is other people)(10 December 2022, p 36).

Issue no. 3420 published 7 January 2023

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