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Why Quotes by Ernest Becker
- 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…
- We consult astrology charts like the Babylonians, try to make our children into our own image with a firm hand like the Romans, elbow others…
- Why would a person prefer the accusations of guilt, unworthiness, ineptitude - even dishonor and betrayal- to real possibility? This may not seem to be…
- ...Erich Fromm wondered why most people did not become insane in the face of the existential contradiction between a symbolic self, that seems to give…
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- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes