>, how common is it to define yourself as your job? [...] philosophical question of what it means to be a man,
The person who's quoted in the article isn't expounding on philosophy. He's just repeating a common phrase when someone loses the income to feed his family.
The full quote is the last sentence of the article:
>“Without the ability to feed my family and pay for my children and feed my children, what am I as a man?”
He wasn't defining himself in terms of his job. I think we can presume he'd feel fine if he wins the lottery and quits his job because at that point, he's still be able to feed his family without any job.
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>, how common is it to define yourself as your job? [...] philosophical question of what it means to be a man,
The person who's quoted in the article isn't expounding on philosophy. He's just repeating a common phrase when someone loses the income to feed his family.
The full quote is the last sentence of the article:
>“Without the ability to feed my family and pay for my children and feed my children, what am I as a man?”
He wasn't defining himself in terms of his job. I think we can presume he'd feel fine if he wins the lottery and quits his job because at that point, he's still be able to feed his family without any job.