Human, All Too Human Introduction and Preface

In which a restless spirit ventures through the solitude of emancipation, wrestling with the overturning of long-held values and the painful exhilaration of self-mastery, as illness and contemplation serve both as adversaries and teachers. Herein lies the quiet birth of the “free spirit,” whose wary yet hopeful eye peers towards a future rich with new possibilities and the delicate artifice of survival amidst life’s inherent injustices.