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of the story is, feels, and thinks. Then the subject recognizes
the existence of other subjects and becomes self-conscious.
Now it doesn’t just think; it knows that it thinks.
Self-consciousness is uncomfortable. The subject asks, “Why
do I believe and feel as I do, instead of some other way?
Why am I different from him? Is the difference good?”
Ultimately, the subject attains a more comprehensive and
profound perspective, the vantage-point of reason. The cycle
starts over when the reasoning subject becomes self-conscious
in the presence of some new alternative.
Each part of Entropy has
a key word that appears in its first and last sentence.
The essential word of Part One is “memory,”
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