Wikipedia informs us that the self is the idea of a unified being, which is the source of an idiosyncratic consciousness.

我把它读出来吧,维基百科告诉我们self是，一个统一存在的概念,也就是特殊意识的来源。

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In order to explain consciousness and self-awareness.

这样才能解释良心和自我意识的存在。

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