aphorism 318, A Human Strategy, Matt Berry
318 What we would never believe : Picking the lock is an admission that one has been chained. One feels humiliated. Consequently, one denies the existence of one’s chains. What we often believe : Dealing with human mechanics is an admission that one is not as free as one would like to believe. Consciousness is threatened with humiliation. Ironically, this threat itself is a stimulus whose response denies the machinery. A Human Strategy ** The Mechanics of Virtue ** Post-Atheism