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Franz Kafka

How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There is no such thing as observation of the inner world, as there is of the outer world.

Franz Kafka

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Kafka is saying that he understands the physical space around him much better than he understands his own thoughts and feelings. He believes that unlike the outside world, our inner experiences cannot be observed or studied directly.

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