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The member of a primitive clan might express his identity in the formula "I am we"; he cannot yet conceive of himself as an "individual," existing apart from his group.

Erich Fromm
Responsibility, Independence, Identity
Erich Fromm (2013). “Sane Society Ils 252”, p.61, Routledge
The member of a primitive clan might express his identity in the formula I am we; he cannot yet conceive of himself as an individual, existing apart from his group.