brainpickings.org creator Maria Popova writes about what she reads; a process which has led to a thorough exploration of what it means to live a decent, substantive and rewarding life.
Maria's article 'What Makes a Person: The Seven Layers of Identity in Literature and Life' explores the work of Philosopher Amelie Rorty and in considering The individual (from The Identities of Persons, 1976) Maria distils what she deems to be "Rorty’s most important point — the integrity of our identity requires a locus of agency that is honored by the collective but cultivated in solitude."