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Old Dec 07, 2016, 07:48 PM
leejosepho leejosepho is offline
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Originally Posted by Icare dixit View Post
...the importance of delusions are (as I see it) always eventually about self-importance as well. You understand something others don't and others threaten you or obstruct you for knowing what you know. You become the embodiment of the important beliefs.
I do not know what you mean by "the importance of delusions", and the fact that others might threaten or obstruct something does not prove the presence of delusion. However, I would agree it is delusional to believe oneself the embodiment of something indefensible, and I believe that would be true whether or not others might somehow threaten or obstruct conveyance of same.
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