will be much better off if he already has good self-knowledge and has accepted that his current state is his current state Everything here turns on the meaning of “accept”. Does it mean “acknowledge as a possibly fixable truth” or does it mean “consciously endorse”?
will be much better off if he already has good self-knowledge and has accepted that his current state is his current state
Everything here turns on the meaning of “accept”. Does it mean “acknowledge as a possibly fixable truth” or does it mean “consciously endorse”?
Those both sound like basically verbal/deliberate activities, which is probably not what Anna meant. I would say “not be averse to the thought of”.
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Those both sound like basically verbal/deliberate activities, which is probably not what Anna meant. I would say “not be averse to the thought of”.