separateness

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Parran spoke at the conference about the need to think beyond “the separateness of preventative and curative efforts to reduce death and disease” because all health efforts “are parts of the same entity.”

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2025

“Not only are we physically separated from one another, we are culturally, socially and politically separated from each other, and the end to that separateness is not in sight,” Herzog said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2022

The normal way we act in the world fosters an attitude of separateness and causes us to act against nature or in ways that resist the natural way.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

In addition to groundbreaking discoveries, Wilczek’s work has also led him to some of the same conclusions shared by mystics from all religions: the myth of separateness and the fundamental interconnectedness of all things.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2022

The fact is that only in private—with intimates—is separateness from the crowd a prerequisite for individuality.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez