How to be multiple

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The philosophy of twins

In How to be multiple, Helena de Bres - a twin herself - shows that twinhood is a unique lens through which to consider our place in the world and how we relate to other people. The way we think about twins

offers fundamental insight into questions such as: what is a person? How should we treat one another?

Deftly weaving together literary and cultural history, philosophical inquiry and personal experience, Helena examines such thorny issues as binary thinking, objectification, romantic love and friendship, revealing

the limits of our individualistic - singleton - perspective.

In this illuminating, entertaining book, wittily illustrated by her twin sister Julia, Helena ultimately suggests that to consider twinhood is to imagine the possibility of a more interconnected, capacious human future