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CCLVII explained
A brief reflection on women's self-knowledge and their relationship with men's understanding of them.
What happens
A brief reflection on women's self-knowledge and their relationship with men's understanding of them.
Key passages
“If women knew themselves the fact that men do not know them would flatter them less and content them more.”
If women truly understood themselves, they would be less flattered and more satisfied by men's lack of understanding of them.
A paradoxical aphorism about self-knowledge and external validation.