During the earliest stages the child perceives things like a solipsist who is unaware of himself as subject and is familiar only with his own actions.
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I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mother's poor mental health.
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In other words, knowledge of the external world begins with an immediate utilisation of things, whereas knowledge of self is stopped by this purely practical and utilitarian contact.
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