You Make Your Own Mask

The impossibility of inauthenticity

Kai M

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Illustration by me

Authenticity is a big topic in philosophy, especially in existentialism. Most philosophers, from Aristotle up to Sartre are proponents of authenticity, arguing that you should always strive to act and behave in a way that is most true to who you are. Staying faithful to yourself, and representing yourself in the most accurate way possible, is taken to be an…

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