An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience.
“There is little doubt that the majority of Mr. Mill's supporters in 1865 did not know what his political opinions were, and that they voted for him simply on his reputation as a great thinker.”
“I felt it was really, really important, not just in the vein of feminist erasure or whatever but also just as an artist that I honored my work.”