Q. Surely it is easier to be objective about other people than aboutoneself?A. No, it is more difficult. If you become objective to yourself you cansee other people objectively, but not before, because before that it willall be coloured by your own views, attitudes, tastes, by what you likeand what you dislike. To be objective you must be free from it all. Youcan become objective to yourself in the state of self-consciousness: thisis the first experience of coming into contact with the real object.
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