Awe and wonder Quote by Ernest Becker Download Open image ““modern man tries to replace vital awe and wonder with a “How to do it” manual.”” — Ernest Becker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Awe and wonder Modern man
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“the characteristics the modern mind prides itself on are precisely those of madness.” — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
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Relationship is thus always slavery of a kind, which leaves a residue of guilt. — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
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When we understand that man is the only animal who must create meaning, who must open a wedge into neutral nature, we already understand… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
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“Civilized" society is a hopeful belief and protest that science, money and goods make man count for more than any other animal. In this… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
We might say that psychoanalysis revealed to us the complex penalties of denying the truth of man's condition, what we might call the costs… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“Understanding this, Rank could take a great step beyond Freud. Freud thought that modern man’s moral dependence on another was a result of the… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“The world of human aspiration is largely fictitious and if we do not understand this we understand nothing about man.” — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
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