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I am drawn to that small space called a human being … a single individual.
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The speaker is most interested in the individual person rather than humanity as a broad or abstract idea. Calling a human being a “small space” suggests that each person is limited in size yet contains a distinct world of thought, feeling, and experience. The emphasis on “a single individual” makes personal identity the central focus.
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- NobelPrize.org — Nobel Lecture
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