Escape from EvilAn exploration of the natural history of evil. |
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... evil - sickness and death . And so he must overcome demons and hostile forces . If he makes a slip in the ritual , it gives power to the demons . The ritual triumph is thus the winning of a contest with evil . When kings were to be ...
... evil - sickness and death . And so he must overcome demons and hostile forces . If he makes a slip in the ritual , it gives power to the demons . The ritual triumph is thus the winning of a contest with evil . When kings were to be ...
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... evil comes from man's urge to heroic victory over evil . The evil that troubles man most is his vulnerability ; he seems impotent to guarantee the absolute meaning of his life , its significance in the cosmos . He as- sures a plenitude of ...
... evil comes from man's urge to heroic victory over evil . The evil that troubles man most is his vulnerability ; he seems impotent to guarantee the absolute meaning of his life , its significance in the cosmos . He as- sures a plenitude of ...
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... evil out of good intentions , not out of wicked ones . Men cause evil by wanting heroically to triumph over it , because man is a frightened animal who tries to triumph , an animal who will not admit his own insignificance , that he can ...
... evil out of good intentions , not out of wicked ones . Men cause evil by wanting heroically to triumph over it , because man is a frightened animal who tries to triumph , an animal who will not admit his own insignificance , that he can ...
Contents
Ritual as Practical Technics | 6 |
Economics as Expiation | 26 |
The Origin of Inequality | 38 |
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