autonomy – On the Human http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human a project of the National Humanities Center Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:39:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Narrative and Personal Good http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2010/01/narrative-and-personal-good/ http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2010/01/narrative-and-personal-good/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:00:30 +0000 http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/?p=755 It is now something of a commonplace that we think about our lives in story form.[1] According to a recent article in the New York Times, psychological research into the personal narratives we tell supports the idea that we are natural storytellers. [2] “The human brain,” the article reports, “has a natural affinity for narrative

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