A self does not amount to much, but no self is an island; each exists in a fabric of relations that is now more complex and mobile than ever before. (Jean-François Lyotard)

A self does not amount to much, but no self is an island; each exists in a fabric of relations that is now more complex and mobile than ever before.

Jean-François Lyotard

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