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Humans and Masks: A Philosophy of Love, Loneliness, and the Lies We Tell Ourselves - Softcover

İpek, Nedim

 
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Synopsis

Who are you when there is no one left to impress?

We ask to be understood, hide what we feel, and call it strength. We want closeness while playing the part we think others expect. In Humans and Masks, Nedim İpek explores these contradictions through philosophical essays on love, loneliness, identity, and the need for approval.

Everyday experiences in relationships lead into larger questions about happiness, authenticity, and mortality. The essays ask what our roles protect, what they cost us, and what we might discover when we look beneath them.

  • Where does love become emotional dependence?
  • Why do we seek ourselves in other people’s attention?
  • What separates the person we present from the person we feel ourselves to be?
  • How do loss and the passing of time change what matters?

Read a chapter, pause, and bring your own experience to the page. For readers drawn to personal essays and candid reflection on relationships and the inner life.

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