個人から分人へ。自分の中の理想の「分人」

2023.2.6

今日は、ドラゴン桜2にも出てていた東大の問題にもなっていたとう平野啓一郎さんの「私とは何か―「個人」から「分人」へ」がAudibleの聴き放題対象だったので、一気に聞いた。

さすがテスト問題になるだけあって、面白い。

分人。昔から多重人格という言葉があるけれど、そもそも人間はある意味、多重人格なのだ。

人間関係は人との関係なのだから、人格が何個あっても正解。嫌いな自分と好きな自分があって当然。その中から好きな自分を取捨選択。

自分も、学生の頃から、自分の中の理想の「分人」をバックパックで一人旅に出たりしながら探してきた。そして現在は、主に自分の中の理想の「分人」が日常の自分を占めるようにはしている。

とはいえ、さまざまな出来事や関係性の中で、ふとしたことに封印したはずの昔の嫌いな「分人」もふと出てきてしまったりする。特に子育て中に。

通常の期間で言うと、今までの自分の人生で自分の中の最も醜い「分人」が出てきたのがエベレスト登頂に挑戦中の南極、エベレスト、アラスカで。同時にこれは好きだなという自分の「分人」が出てきたのも、同じくエベレスト挑戦中。

自分の中を占める「分人」は、醜いものより、やはりできるだけ自分自身が好きになれるタイプが良い。

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From the individual to the Divided Person. The ideal ‘Divided Person’ in my mind.
Today I listened to Keiichiro Hirano’s “What is Me – From ‘Individual’ to ‘Divided Person'”, which was in Dragon sakura 2 and was also a test for the University of Tokyo, all at once because it was on Audible for free.

It is indeed an interesting book, as it was used as a test question.

The divided person. There has always been the term ‘Divided Person’, but in a sense people are multiple personalities to begin with.

Human relationships are relationships with other people, so it is right to have any number of personalities. It is natural to have a self that you dislike and a self that you like. You choose the self you like from among them.

I, too, have been looking for my ideal ‘Divided Person’ since I was a student, when I went backpacking alone. And now I mainly try to make sure that my ideal ‘Divided Person’ occupies my daily life.

However, in the course of various events and relationships, the old ‘Divided Person’ that I disliked and should have sealed off suddenly appears. Especially during parenthood.

In normal times, the ugliest ‘Divided Person’ of my life so far have come out in Antarctica, Everest and Alaska during my attempts to climb Everest. At the same time, it was during the Everest challenge that my ‘Divided Person’ that I liked so much came out, also during the Everest challenge.

The ‘Divided Person’ that occupy my mind should be the kind that I can like as much as possible, rather than the ugly ones.