the world and its outskirts

i saw a lot of quotes on the book of fernando savater that were thoughtful, true and confusing.
i didn't understand everything he said in this chapter, but i still tried to do analyze what we was trying mean. in the beginning he comments about something i had already thought before. fernando savater says that we are within a world which every person belongs to, every person is part of a world. but it is not the same to think that we are part of a world than to think we own a world. when we are part of a world, i think we see ourselves, like the chapter before meant from the outside, we see our function in the world among living, and non-living bodies. i think when we see humans from this angle it is more possible to look the world as a place where a group of different bodies carry out a function. it is less fun when you look it that way, because you appear to be one among millions, and your function looks micro compared to different bodies or processes.

when we think we own a world, everythings becomes more interesting. we think we are the center of everything that happens, we see everything moving near us and think what we do is going to change how things are, at least near us. we become more important, and everything comes to be part of our world, as if we were the essence of the world that is receiving movement or reactions from outter bodies. i think thats why a lot of humans stay in the small worlds, to feel we are the masters of it.