▁the ▁" true ▁self " ▁can ▁only ▁be ▁found ▁by ▁going ▁through ▁great ▁hard ship ▁and / or ▁danger . ▁The ▁ancient ▁Sto ics ▁and ▁ 1 7 th - century ▁phil os opher ▁René ▁Des cart es , ▁however , ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁" self " ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁by ▁quiet ▁and ▁solit ary ▁intros pection . ▁Yet ▁another ▁example ▁is ▁S ocr ates , ▁who ▁argued ▁that ▁self - aw aren ess ▁can ▁only ▁be ▁found ▁by ▁having ▁deb ates ▁with ▁others , ▁where ▁the ▁deb aters ▁question ▁each ▁other ' s ▁found ational ▁views ▁and ▁opinions . ▁Fou ca ult , ▁however , ▁argued ▁that ▁" subject ivity " ▁is ▁a ▁process , ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁state ▁of ▁being . ▁As ▁such , ▁Fou ca ult ▁argued ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁" true ▁self " ▁to ▁be ▁found . ▁R ather ▁so , ▁the ▁" self " ▁is ▁constit uted / created ▁in ▁activities ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁ones ▁employed ▁to ▁" find " ▁the ▁" self ". ▁In ▁other ▁words , ▁expos ing ▁ones elf ▁to ▁hard ships ▁and ▁danger ▁does ▁not ▁" re ve al " ▁the ▁" true ▁self ", ▁according ▁to ▁Fou ca ult , ▁but ▁rather ▁creates ▁a ▁particular ▁type ▁of ▁self ▁and ▁subject ivity . ▁However , ▁according ▁to ▁Fou ca ult ▁the ▁" form " ▁for ▁the ▁subject ▁is ▁in ▁great ▁part ▁already ▁constit uted ▁by ▁power , ▁before ▁these ▁self - const itut ing ▁practices ▁are ▁employed . ▁School s , ▁work p