oneself

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Is it self-awareness — the ability to recognize oneself as a distinct entity moving through time?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

The great arbitrage of the 21st century is to preserve openness without surrendering agency and to assert sovereignty without cutting oneself from technology, markets, and ideas.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

“In an atomized society,” Ms. Liu observes, “where it’s easy to simply withdraw and isolate oneself, the crucial challenge was to do just the opposite: to reach out, reconnect, and rebuild community.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

The truest to buttery brioche in flavor and texture, and through its lightness, one could almost convince oneself this is breakfast.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

It is a good thing to experience everything oneself, he thought As a child I learned that pleasures of the world and riches were not good.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse