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Mean Quotes by Ernest Becker
- I think that taking life seriously means something such as this: that whatever man does on this planet has to be done in the lived…
- What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know that one is…
- What is the ideal for mental health, then? A lived, compelling illusion that does not lie about life, death, and reality; one honest enough to…
- What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know that one is…
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