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Chapter 169 explained

A brief aphorism reflecting on self-expression as a potential mask, suggesting that volubility about oneself can be a strategy for hiding one's true nature.

What happens

A brief aphorism reflecting on self-expression as a potential mask, suggesting that volubility about oneself can be a strategy for hiding one's true nature.

Themes in this chapter

  • Psychology as the Fundamental Science

    Analyzes a psychological mechanism where overt self-expression serves as a covert form of self-concealment.

Characters to notice

  • The Narrator

    Offers a psychological insight into the nature of self-disclosure and concealment.

Key passages

  • To talk much about oneself may also be a means of concealing oneself.

    Excessive self-discourse can function as a disguise.

    Highlights the paradoxical relationship between revelation and secrecy in human psychology.