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Introspection (n.) tries ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to rebuild out of detached fragments what was given all at once, in a single surge.

Introspection (n.) meets ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠with nothing but facts — and my comprehension of myself is dim and inauthentic.

Introspection (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠sleuth the heart like a detective for a lifetime and only find the one certain thing: that I acted as I did.

Introspection (n.) misreads ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the self-reported visual or auditory type as a visualizer, when that person has only failed to observe himself and missed the real word, the movement, behind the image.

Introspection (n.) leads ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠psychologists into two opposite errors: because I sometimes think I love when I hate, I posit an unconscious; because my revulsion is certain, I think my hatred is too.