Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Tell me what you pay attention to, and I will tell you who you are

--- attrib. to José Ortega y Gasset (Man and Crisis, 1964), in Cindy Engel, Another Self: How Your Body Helps You Understand Others (2024:147)

Engle writes on p. 56

I  open this chapter with a quote from philosopher, José Ortega y Gasset: “Tell me what you pay attention to, and I will tell you who you are.” I would add, “Tell me to whom you pay attention, and I will tell you how you are feeling.”