Escape from EvilAn exploration of the natural history of evil. |
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... to me very serious and necessary . Research on the book was aided by Simon Fraser University President's Research Grants . Vancouver , 1972 E.B. INTRODUCTION The Human Condition : Between Appetite and Ingenuity What Preface xix.
... to me very serious and necessary . Research on the book was aided by Simon Fraser University President's Research Grants . Vancouver , 1972 E.B. INTRODUCTION The Human Condition : Between Appetite and Ingenuity What Preface xix.
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... necessary for ritual . The fundamental imperative of all ritual is that one cannot do it alone ; man cannot impart life to himself but must get it from his fellow man . If ritual is a technique for generating life , then ritual organi ...
... necessary for ritual . The fundamental imperative of all ritual is that one cannot do it alone ; man cannot impart life to himself but must get it from his fellow man . If ritual is a technique for generating life , then ritual organi ...
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... necessary fetishization of evil , we get a formula that is no longer pathetic but terrifying . It explains almost all by itself why man , of all animals , has caused the most devastation on earth - the most real evil . He struggles ...
... necessary fetishization of evil , we get a formula that is no longer pathetic but terrifying . It explains almost all by itself why man , of all animals , has caused the most devastation on earth - the most real evil . He struggles ...
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Ritual as Practical Technics | 6 |
Economics as Expiation | 26 |
The Origin of Inequality | 38 |
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