Religion may have been the original cure; Freud reminds us that it was also the original disease. — Philip Rieff Copy Share Image
Psychological man may be going nowhere, but he aims to achieve a certain speed and certainty in going. Like his predecessor, the man of… — Philip Rieff Copy Share Image
Religious man was born to be saved, psychological man is born to be pleased. — Philip Rieff Copy Share Image
Reason cannot save us, nothing can; but reason can mitigate the cruelty of living. — Philip Rieff Copy Share Image
Religion may have been the original cure; Freud reminds us that it was also the original disease. — Philip Rieff Copy Share Image
Man is tied to the weight of his own past, and even by a great therapeutic labor little more can be accomplished than a… — Philip Rieff Copy Share Image
Self-confidence is inseparable from submission to the creedal order, and through that order, to the supreme authority expressed in that order. ... Deep individualism… — Philip Rieff Copy Share Image
Beyond the wounds of the child and the scars of the man, there is something in the heart of love itself that makes love… — Philip Rieff Copy Share Image
