on oneself
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Maybe so, I replied, but hearing oneself described in unflattering terms was a penance paid in working on oneself.
From Slate • Jan. 2, 2024
“Working on oneself is complicated—you have biases towards what the results would be that are cognitively difficult.”
From Science Magazine • Nov. 30, 2022
Money is simply best spent on oneself, or really anything other than ending world hunger.
From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2022
Through inner reflection on oneself, one can then understand the nature of the world.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
Further, it does not consist in depending on oneself as an effect depends on the cause which, of necessity, determines it.
From Bergson and His Philosophy by Gunn, John Alexander
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