I mean that state in which the person has no effective control over the course of his or her life.
Surely that is neither you nor me. Surely.
I mean, if no matter how he struggles, no matter how she labors at the task, if neither cannot explore their boundless uniqueness they are enslaved.
I mean, if he has lost his only power, the power of the self, he is enslaved. And if her passion for life is encaged by duty and the expectations of others, she is not free.
But surely this is neither you nor me. Surely.
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