Escape from EvilAn exploration of the natural history of evil. |
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Page 47
... man's triumph over death and evil , and who established man's link with the invisible power world . It was an agonizing role to play , and it was played best by those individuals who actually were " seized by spirits " and " killed " by ...
... man's triumph over death and evil , and who established man's link with the invisible power world . It was an agonizing role to play , and it was played best by those individuals who actually were " seized by spirits " and " killed " by ...
Page 136
... 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 , then ...
... 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 , then ...
Page 144
... man's inner life , his existential paradoxes . Social theory , then , is neither radical nor conservative , but scientific ; and we should begin to get scientific agreement on its basic image of man and society . If we have an agreed ...
... man's inner life , his existential paradoxes . Social theory , then , is neither radical nor conservative , but scientific ; and we should begin to get scientific agreement on its basic image of man and society . If we have an agreed ...
Contents
Ritual as Practical Technics | 6 |
Economics as Expiation | 26 |
The Origin of Inequality | 38 |
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